The story “A Full-Service Shelter” by Amy Hempel is a representation of how animal welfare is often ignored. Throughout the story there is a repetitive disregard for the dogs at the shelter done by the workers and board members. At the shelter they got new floors then shortly after they had to spend more money to sand the floors down: “The allocated funds were diverted from the supplies, so kennel staff had to ask us, the volunteers, for food when they ran out because feeding the dogs had not factored into the board's decisions” (Hempel 30). The people of the board who have actual power do…