Posted on 08/23/2013 2:09:56 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Yes, they were total lack-wits but there was no excuse for the tone of the reply.
None.
Let the vet take out the frustration of his lousy days by punching a door.
Also, the person to whom he was replying was apparently someone involved in ongoing, very successful rescue efforts involving his own clinic, *not* the stupid “owners”.
You don’t treat rescuers like that ever.
“My interest in this is peaked because of recent changes eliminating rescue partners and its direct effect on the number of animal saved. I would also like to know the “euthanized” numbers since the changes have been in effect, versus “saved” numbers.
This effects me in that, I am part of a larger on-line community that works tirelessly to get your animals in front of as many eyes as possible for rescue or adoption.
It is very disturbing in that before the policy changes, I participated in transports of at least 20 dogs to rescues that would otherwise have died at your shelter and after these changes, I have not received one single transport request.”
If I dumped my dogs at a shelter and then find they’ve been killed, I wouldn’t have the gall to act shocked.
As usual, dogs suffer for the sins of their “owners”.
And good for you!
:)
I’m with you - once you take a pet, you accept responsibility for it. We rescued a puppy while stationed in S. Italy. looked very fox-like and was bright as all get out. When it came time to come back to the States, I made arrangements with a friend to take care of her and to get her on a plane once I had a household set back up. Dog flew from Italy to NY, then to OK. Was a 3-striper at the time and had a wife and kid so it was a big bite out of the budget, but she was a faithful companion for 14 years.
thanks, for the clarification.
I see a lot these days where the writers become so familiar with the material that I think _they_ may actually _think_ the wrote the pertinent details into the story. (Not just journalistically speaking, but even work related policy e-mails, for example.)
I'm guilty of that, too. And pay no attention to the grammar behind the curtain (or the use of ellipses and stream of conscious/run-on writing). ;-) But it wouldn't hurt for them to have someone who hasn't attained familiarity with the story do a read through before publication. Have a good day...
OK, first I’ll defend the owner. You don’t know what the circumstances are that led to this exactly, and sorry, but if she can’t take the dogs and cannot find arrangements, that’s the way it is. Leaving them at the shelter after some effort is not despicable.
But the sarcastic e-mail from the vet including the phrase “get e-mails from people like you” makes me wonder what was in the OTHER e-mails apparently made to this vet. Of course, they are not transcribed here for us o judge.
Shouldn’t we see the email from Shawn-tae that the vet was responding too before getting too up in arms?
If you look at her facebook page, Shawntae has pictures of one of the dogs—she did try to give them away, as the pictures are captioned.
Personally, I’m not too crazy about the “we are all Trayvon” hoodie icon she has as her facebook photo though.
Tragic.
A breed-specific rescue would have been a much better choice for a “donation”.
Please see my post at #36. The article is misleading. It was not the prior owner to whom the vet was responding, but rather someone involved in dog rescue in the area.
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