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05-02-2009, 06:25 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: California
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| ? about SPCA's Can anyone answer this question for me. Who can call themselves an SPCA? Let me tell you what happened today. I found a yorkie mix on an SPCA site. Now I normally associate those letters with humaine societies, right? This SPCA is a 501c3 tax exempt rescue. I assumed, and I guess I was wrong, that this SPCA was run like any other. You find a dog and adopt it. Not this one. I drove 2 hours and then and they told me no, because I had another dog. Nowhere on the page did it say no other dogs. Then they said the director had somebody she new that wanted the dog and she had no other pets. They said the dog had been through alot and needed to be the only pet. When I saw the dog, she was the friendliest girl I've ever seen. No trauma there. I hate it when people advertise a dog at a rescue, then give it to someone they know. Why advertise then. Anyway, back to the subject.....I thought SPCA meant government funded, not a private rescue. Help clear this up for me if you can.
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05-02-2009, 07:01 PM | #2 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Virginia
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| Hummmmm I agree this sounds suspicious. I don't know an answer to your question. I know that locally the Newport News, VA SPCA went through some scandles a year or so ago. They were given funds by local citys to handle animal control issues for them. Well, it was found out that they had mostly family members running the place and they would...GET THIS...buy new vehicles for the company and when it was a year old they'd sell it to a family member very cheap. I can't recall what else happened something like salary. I'll do a google search and if I locate it I'll add a link later. It's sickening that they did that to you today!!!
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05-02-2009, 07:30 PM | #3 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Virginia
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| SPCA's interim leader will be latest to leave: Denise Deisler, who assumed her post in March, will work for a similar animal agency in Florida. Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council Here are two links. The top one has a time line of the incident. The bottom is a freedom of information request. It's interesting to read. Hope it helps some.
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05-02-2009, 07:36 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: California
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| Interesting reading....thanks.
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