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{{quote|''"They took us to the pound! I told you! This is it, this is the end of the line! WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE!"''|'''Chance''', [[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]}}
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This is especially the case with [[Talking Animal]] cartoons, where pounds are depicted as little more than prisons full of animal inmates "serving time" for some alleged misdemeanor offense and hoping to one day see the warm sun and blue skies again. In extreme cases, depictions may even echo [[World War Two|Nazi concentration camps]] with diabolical dog-catchers deliberately hunting down and impounding household pets by the hundreds (as one New York City pound became infamous for during the 1800's) to be "[[Released to Elsewhere|put to sleep]]", never to see their beloved family again unless they immediately stage some kind of [[Great Escape|daring jailbreak]].
Now while it is true that animal-control officers may impound problematic or aggressive animals when responding to an emergency call, and that not enough lost pets at animal shelters get reunited with their families, modern ([[Real Life]]) animal-control facilities and shelters are nowhere near the depraved standards that fiction likes to depict them with. Animal shelters know firsthand how deeply pets become family members, and have a vested interest in providing their animals with a regular supply of food, shelter, health care, and
Fortunately becoming a [[Discredited Trope]] with animal-rights groups (not the [[Animal Wrongs Group]]) making the plight of abandoned and abused animals more well-known, though it may have originated from the [[Forgotten Trope]] of the Diabolical Dogcatcher (especially in areas where pet ownership requires an official license).
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* ''[[Hotel For Dogs]]''. "At least it's better than the pound." Also presents pound workers gloating about euthanising dogs after a day, just to drive the point home.
* ''The Shaggy D.A.'' had a dog pound scene, presented very like a prison, where he escaped with the help of the other dogs.
* In the movie ''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]'', the animal shelter is initially portrayed like
* The 1995 movie ''Fluke'' not only has a Prison Pound, it also has an Evil Research Lab. And did we mention that the titular dog is a reincarnated ''human''?
* [[Mousehunt]] had the [[World War Two|doggy concentration camp]] variety. And yes, we see a kitten getting gassed for absolutely no reason.
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