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Originally Posted by Peabody  I spoke with the reporter who wrote the story for the newspaper. He's going to make some followup calls and get back to me. (I encouraged him to write a followup story--he said it had been front page news.) This is what he told me today:
- He was told that all the animals went to rescue groups. He's going to followup with the Shelter and try to get more info. However, he said the info is not as "public" as when an animal is adopted by an individual.
- His understanding was that Loving Pets is a legitimate rescue group.
- He also heard that Loving Pets got 17? dogs, and he emailed them with no success the day the story broke. I gave him the phone numbers we had and he will followup on that.
- His understanding was that the dogs were not purebreeds--they were Yorkie mixes, so he did not think a puppy mill would want them for breeding.
- His understanding is that the shelter's policy is that if a dog has a skin condition (probably referring to mange) or other serious condition they only allow a rescue group to adopt the dog so the dog can be rehabilitized.
He was very nice and sounded genuinely concerned about the animals.
I'll post when I hear more. |
Thank you for following up on this.
If a rescue is legit as he says, I have to wonder why they do not answer emails.
I have sent different emails to them (from different email accounts) and never gotten a reply.
Did he mention whether the shelter has any requirements of the rescues and if they follow up on whether or not the pups are altered?
YTNR took six of them. The person I spoke with did not tell me that they were mixes!
Oh...and last but not least...is he aware that not all pups who are sold from mills are actually purebreds? I have seen quite a few that make me wonder what they really are.