Hi Laura,
In many cases I would say this is true, because those animals are
going to be the easiest to find homes for, and lets face it the ones
that have health issues are going to cost the rescues lots of money to
"fix" and many if not most people who adopt from rescues don't want to
pay "the ridiculously high adoption fee".
"Rescues" come and pick the prettiest and the fanciest dogs and cats; for the
most part, there's very little actual rescue going on there.
That said, I work with many rescues and some of them actually go out of
their way to find the ones they know are going to be euthanized to save,
I am very proud of these groups, they spend a ton of money on getting
these guy ready to be adoptable and it mostly comes out of their own
pockets because right now donations are at an all time low. One of my
rescues in particular has recently spent thousands and thousands on dogs
that have had to have major surgeries and took a whole litter and mom
who ended up coming from the shelter with parvo, they saved every last
one of them and it cost them a fortune. They did get some donations but
the majority of the money came from what they had saved up to use to
rescue. It completely drained their funds but all of those animals are
alive and will eventually find good homes. This rescue is in Maryland
and they tirelessly work to pull those animals that will absolutely be
euthanized.
My Lhasa rescue pulls and takes many, many seniors and behavioral
problem dogs, seniors who have devoted their lives loving their human
only to be dumped when they become a problem because of health issues or
the "owners" have decided they want to travel or just don't want to
bother anymore with their devoted pet ... sickening. They also take
many puppy mill dogs, many end up being forever fosters because it would
be too traumatic to rehome them, they have a lot of issues, and then
some do fine once they learn how to be a dog and are rehomed. They are
a nationwide group and have more funds at their disposal but they too
deplete their funds constantly because of declining donations. And yes
every once in a while they take puppies or younger dogs because that
does help bring funds in when they can easily adopt those into homes and
get the adoption fee. But they still spend alot more than they get in
as far as donations go. The head of this group lives in PA and is
working with the state government to put the Amish Puppy Mills out of
business and has really made a difference, many of them have closed and
many more are closing. The Amish are horrible when it comes to their
animals, just horrible.
I just wanted to make a point for those rescues who really are in it to
save the animals and are trying to educate the public to be responsible
pet owners. And you are right about one thing for sure, it is people,
the irresponsible owners who don't spay/neuter that are to blame for the
death of so many healthy animals.
Until "we" learn to value ALL life as worthy and more people understand
that our "pets" have feelings and feel love for us and feel our love for
them it will never change, people are selfish and many tell themselves
animals don't have feelings and they are "just" an animal we will have
this problem.
We as a nation and world are in a sad state of affairs, I don't have
many close, personal friends because honestly I don't like most people!
*** Not anyone on my groups of course because we all think alike ... and
know what life and living is all about.
--
Belinda
happiness is being owned by cats ...
http://bemikitties.com
http://BelindaSauro.com
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