No charge, no questions asked.
But when you go to the animal shelter, they interrogate you about the animal, and ask why you want to drop it off. Plus they charge you a fee.
So animals are more important than babies?
To an extent I can see why the animal shelter would. In the future just tell them “No the dog does not have rabies, parvo or distemper or no the cat does not have feline AIDS or Leukemina” Unless it does then tell them. Otherwise you need not tell them a thing.
Of course it shouldn't be that way. In an ideal world all mothers would have the moral courage to save their infant. But it isn't that way. This provides a mother another option.
More information when you leave off a pet? That's okay. They're "apples and oranges" situations.
No, humans are more important than animals, which is why the new mothers should not be asked. Otherwise they often kill or abandon their babies. These are scared people who went to the trouble to hide their pregnancies.
No, babies are more important. That’s why you don’t play 50 questions and intimidate someone from putting a baby somewhere safe.