[News] Animal Shelter Refuses to Return Yorkie to Owner Jan. 19 - KGO - Imagine losing your pet, having it show up at a shelter and then being told you can't have it because they've promised it to someone else. That's what happened to one Bay Area woman, so she contacted 7 On Your Side. This woman had owned her dog for five years. It was a part of her family, but no more. While Libby Duarte was on maternity leave, her sister watched her yorkshire terrier, and that's how things went wrong. Libby Duarte: "She told me the dog left, wasn't in the back yard anymore. So I went ahead and searched for her." The dog, named Baby, ended up at the Contra Costa County Animal Services Department. Libby got stuck in traffic on the way to the shelter, so she called to say she wouldn't be there. Libby Duarte: "That was Saturday. Sunday they were closed. Monday is a holiday. Come Tuesday I called them to say I'm on my way to pick her up and she's been adopted. I said, 'you told me to come in on Tuesday'? 'Well, yes, but she's been adopted. Sorry about that.'" And it gets worse. Libby went to the shelter and actually saw her Baby sitting there. Libby Duarte: "The dog is in the kennel, she is looking at me and she is happy and ready to get out of there." But she had already been adopted and the shelter would not budge. Michael Finney: "As a dog owner of five years that would not make me happy." ABC7's Michael Finney: "So even though the owner shows up you can't reverse the deal?" Lt. Nancy Anderson, Contra Costa County Animal Services Dept.: "It's a binding legal contract when you sell an animal." But there's a complication caused by the Animal Services Web site, confusion over how long a dog is held. Michael Finney: "Your Web site says five business days." Lt. Nancy Anderson: "Yes." Michael Finney: "She shows up on a Tuesday which puts it within five business days." Lt. Nancy Anderson: "Yes, the Web site was not correct." Michael Finney: "Oh, do you see the problem there?" Lt. Nancy Anderson: "Yes." Michael Finney: "You are saying on one hand you have a legal obligation to the new owner, but you have a legal obligation for what your Web site says as well Lt. Nancy Anderson: "The Web site has been clarified." Michael Finney: "So it was wrong?" Lt. Nancy Anderson: "Yes" The shelter called the new owner who refused to return the dog, which leaves Libby with no dog and no options. Libby Duarte: "I would be happy if I could speak with the new owner." Michael Finney: "So you could see..." Libby Duarte: "How they are keeping her." The shelter can't legally give me the new owner's name. So if you are the owner, give me a call and let me hook you up with Libby, so she can rest easier at night. The Web site has been changed to reflect a three-day holding for unlicensed dogs. The lesson here is license your dog because they are held 10 days at that shelter before being adopted out. http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?sec...ide&id=3829093 |
Libby, is a very sweet, kind and understanding lady. I would have tore them a new one, and then they could have went on and on about a mistake...Maybe, I would have called an attorney, and the media.... :mad: |
OH my!!!! There has to be something that poor lady can do..... What a way to put a downer on having a new baby- to lose your fur baby. But if that was my dog I would broke down the door to get my baby back- they would have had to pry my hands off the kennel! What a shame! |
This breaks my heart for the dog :cry: Can you imagine seeing mom and can't get to her. I am not sure of this shelter but our's will hold if they have a micro-chip also. So the advise is to license and micro-chip. |
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Oh my gosh!! I would want to kill that person! Heck, its not even my dog and I want to kill them! The website made a mistake, so its THEIR fault. I feel so bad for that poor woman. And that "new owner" must be a real piece of work to refuse to give someone's dog back. :mad: |
that is so harsh. and that animal shelter is rediculous for not owning up to their own mistakes by providing misinformation on their own website. the new owner is probably so happy they got a yorkie for a small adoption fee that they don't care about the bond that already exists between Baby and her original mommy. if it were me, i would have raised such a stink and would have stayed at the shelter until the new owners came by to pick up MY furbaby. or rather... TRY to pick her up. :mad: |
That is just Wrong! If the shelter gets any pure bred dog it is obviously a mistake that they were running loose. They should have waited the five days and then put the dog up for adoption after finding that the dog didnt already belong to someone else. If the woman called then i take it she already claimed her dog and i feel that animal control kind of stole her dog. If my dog gets loose and a neihbor finds them they cant turn around and sell or keep the dog just cause they found it. It her dog and the new people that bought it should have been told that there was a mistake we are talking what a 25 dollar adoption fee and that poor woman im sure spent an arm and a leg for that yorkie beside the love and care,shots everyhting. I dont know what i would do but this just isnt right whether its a yorkie or just a family pet. You cant go back and change the rule as you go along. some one that works there probrably adopted that dog. Dont they put all new dogs that are impounded on a medical hold first? |
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This is just sad. |
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What an awful situation!!! If it were me, I would just die! I also would not let it go, I would find some way to get my baby back. The person who is most disgusting in all of this is the new owner of that pup. They should have handed the pup back to it\'s rightful owner. Karma is a bitch! |
What I don\'t understand is, she did call them. They knew the dog belonged to someone. Whey couldn\'t they tell her then that she only had the 3 bus. days? They even told her to come on TueIt\'s all so wrong. I smell a big law suit coming! Hell I would do what ever it took to get my baby back! |
This is just plain wrong. If there website was wrong they should take responsibility for that and do the right thing. I would probably be in jail if this was one of my babies. How awful. |
OH MY! You can bet your sweet Ass if It was my dog , and I\'m at the shelter, and MY dog is there staring at me from a cage, YOU can bet, MY dog would be coming home with me,, THere would be NOONE stoping me! :mad: |
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