Sure does.
The local Dobe rescue, “D.A.R.E”, got blackballed by the AKC for their egregious behavior and poor treatment of the dogs.
I don’t know how they manage it, but they can pull Dobes from shelters immediately, without the usual waiting period.
Several years ago, a red male Dobe was found wandering Rest Haven cemetery and when I called the next day, to inquire about adopting him, should person not be found, they’d already handed him over to DARE.
*If* the owner showed up after that, they’d have to pay the $600 and up “adoption fee” to get him back, *and* he would be summarily neutered, in the process, no matter what his status might be.
I know people who have had champion sight hounds get briefly lost, only to have them returned, “fixed” by these jerks.
I have always thought that some of the reputable and disreputable rescue organizations have paid informants at the local county and state shelters.
Some of them do good works, but always at a price the local shelters don’t or can’t charge.
The disreputable ones are only in it for the money, with the adopters already on a call list.