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Originally Posted by peanut  This is my problem with this whole thread and others now. I donate thousands a year to rescues, I am now thinking I need to check into my rescue here that I give most of my donations too. How will I know its going to the purpose that I think its going too, for rescuing dogs. I have called today and I am waiting for someone to call me back, but this really makes me fearful to give to any rescue anymore, and its just hurting these poor animals that need our help. I worry about the older dogs that really need to be rescued, I am sorry but the puppies have a better chance of someone getting them than the others. I want my money to a rescue that is going to feed, love and not crate all time and really try to find them homes. Are not all the dogs worth saving? I am truly sadden and upset over this. Its not hurting anyone on here, its hurting those precious babies that need our help.  |
This is also what I was afraid would happen with this thread~it gives all rescues a bad name.
There have been many very generous members that have donated to YHR recently which I am very grateful. This is one of the reasons that I want to make sure everyone knows how the foster that I have now is being taken care of~I can tell you were every penny of his donations from members have gone to. But there have been a LOT of threads about other rescues that have not been totally on the up and up. Dogs being rehomed without being spayed/neutered and becoming pregnant have been very concerning for me recently. There have been at least 4 different members that have said that they were told that their female was spayed and either had puppies or got pregnant with puppies. How is this happening?
I have been accused of being too questioning when someone comes along with a "rescue" that I have never heard of before but I want to make sure they are legitimate and honest in their intentions. With the economy suffering, people losing their jobs and homes legitimate rescues need to be there to pick up the pieces~which is not possible without generous donations to help. What is going to happen to all of the dogs that are dropped at the shelters from the backlash of the economy if the donations run dry because of rescues not acting responsibly with their donations.
The Haven just got a little guy last week named Ozzy. We had him at the orthopedist yesterday and needs a hip replacement which will be done next week and will cost about $3,000. He's been used by a BYB and was taken in from a kill shelter. The vet said that he has been this way his entire life, in pain and suffering with a bad hip reproducing with the defect for with BYBer. Now he is safe and will be taken care of properly. But what if the donations dry up~he would have stayed in the shelter to die. I'm sorry that I just hijacked this thread. But this is very upsetting to me because of all the dogs that are in shelters that need to be helped and rescues buying dogs from mills putting money into their pockets.