In this Friday, March 4, 2011 photo, a new puppy named Lilly is held by assistant shelter manager Kriston Gurgnaious after a vaccination at the Lenoir County Animal Shelter in Kinston, N.C. Animals routinely go from overloaded Southern shelters like this where euthanasia rates sometimes reach 70 percent to the puppy and kitten-starved states of the North. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)