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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  You made good points in your whole post - and I don't disagree with much of what you said. However, when there are probably *thousands* of dogs in need of rescue right outside their front door, WHAT is the point of taking a day's trip to go pick up the biewers?
I'm sorry, but to me - that is just not in the spirit of a true rescue organization. Am I just off-base in thinking this is odd or the intent is "off"? |
This is a very controversial topic with some rescuers. There are many who do this and justify it every way they can; but I have yet to buy into their philosophy.
I can find at least one yorkie in a shelter on any given day in Texas, so it escapes me why anyone would drive to Missouri to get mill pups and yet there are two groups here in TX that I know do that regularly. One look at some of the websites and you see over and over the words: "puppy mill" and "breeder release".
It totally boggles my mind and also just frustrates the heck out of me. We are being inundated with yorkies and our group is so full. I cannot get another rescue to help because they are full...yet their pups are mostly from the above mentioned.
I have had this conversation with two rescues on different occasions and have never gotten them to understand how they are leaving pups to be euthanized in shelters. Their response is always that the pups they get would also be euthanized.
I have given up trying to explain it because they simply are going to do what they do anyway.
Yes, they are saving dogs....I just think that they are enabling the not so reputable breeders and mills to continue doing what they do.