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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.  |
Kim, these are my sentiments exactly
. Thank you. I have come to the conclusion that with rescues you just can't take things at face value - you have to delve deeper to determine exactly purpose your hard earned $$ is beng spent to support. That way if you disagree with the philosophy of the rescue then you can use to place your $$ elsewhere.
The point of a rescue should be to save the dogs that really need saving, not to save dogs that are "adoptable" at the expense of those who are not. As far as auctions go, we cannot possible know for a fact that all of the dogs sold at auction go to a bad environment. I have only attended one auction where dogs were sold -- many years ago -- I attended an exotic animal sale where there were dogs -- but I personally witnessed the cute dogs and the dogs with papers being handed over to women with open arms and the older sickly ugly ones being unsold and overlooked. It seems more reasonable to wait until an auction is over and negotiate for the purchase of dogs that are not sold. That way you are taking care of the truly needy.