RE: pet rescue

I have tremendous sympathy for what the real rescue organizations go
through in finding and taking care of their animals, but I prefer
adopting from the animal shelter. There is certainly more risk there but
I object to giving my life history, financial info and references to
people I don't know in order to adopt a dog.

Cyndi


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Kitty
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 7:31 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: [CHAT] pet rescue

There was an article in our paper not long ago about choosing a dog.
The
author cautioned against using breed-specific rescuers because they
might be
profiting from their mission.  This prompted a letter to the editor from
a
rescuer that detailing the huge amounts they spend on each rescue and
that
they make absolutely no profit.  Today's letter was from the local
animal
control facility which had given the original information to the author
of
the article. Their PR person wanted to clarify what she'd said.  She
praised
genuine rescue groups wholeheartedly, but explained, "What I conveyed to

[the author] is that there are now some groups posing as rescues.  In
actuality, they make a profit on the sale of the dogs and they take
advantage of unsuspecting consuers, donors, and businesses.  Our
director
recently contacted the AG's office to discuss concerns that reputable
rescues were potentially being hurt by buy-sell operations posing as
rescue
groups.  The AG confirmed not only that trend in IN but an even larger
movement for dealers and puppy mills to register as non-profit
organizations."
She then went on to suggest reading "When is a Rescue not a Rescue?" at
http://tinyurl.com/ywdnhf

Thought some of you might be interested.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5

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