Shelter Auctioning off a yorkie?????

[livingdustmops]

A city shelter is nothing like a rescue. It is their job just to move the animals through or euthanize them by law. I am surprised more of you don't know this. They operate on a budget set by a city and California is broke....

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by livingdustmops

A city shelter is nothing like a rescue. It is their job just to move the animals through or euthanize them by law. I am surprised more of you don't know this. They operate on a budget set by a city and California is broke....

Being a shelter and the state being broke is not a valid excuse for auctioning dogs.

I have seen good shelters and bad shelters. No, shelters do not have the luxury of time that rescues have, but that does not mean that they cannot try to do some sort of screening. It really comes down to the person in charge and how they choose to run the shelter.

[livingdustmops]

Originally Posted by ladyjane

Being a shelter and the state being broke is not a valid excuse for auctioning dogs.

I have seen good shelters and bad shelters. No, shelters do not have the luxury of time that rescues have, but that does not mean that they cannot try to do some sort of screening. It really comes down to the person in charge and how they choose to run the shelter.

Actually that is not always true...some have to run by the city laws that are put in place. Many city shelters do not do much more than name and address because they know 50% of the dogs will come back but 50% got homes and many only have so many days or the dogs have to be put down.

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by livingdustmops

Actually that is not always true...some have to run by the city laws that are put in place. Many city shelters do not do much more than name and address because they know 50% of the dogs will come back but 50% got homes and many only have so many days or the dogs have to be put down.

Depends on the shelter. Yes, there are laws, but I seriously doubt there are any that say "don't bother checking people out". It all comes down to someone who wants to go the extra mile.

Sadly, though, you are correct that many will stay in the system.

[capt_noonie]

I remember when this happened. They did get on the news. The 10 pups were confiscated at LAX coming in from a Korean puppymill with fake papers saying they were about 4 months old. The dogs were seized and quarranteened for a month. At the time, the news said they were to be put on auction. After a month or so, the news did another story about them, saying they went for about $5000 each. Why someone would pay $5000 for a puppymill dog is beyond me. They could have gotten a very healthy dog from a good breeder instead, but I guess they thought they were helping out the shelter. The news did not mention them screening any of the potential new owners though. Again, this was back in 2008, so I could be forgetting something.