...”Rescue groups generally are organized as nonprofit charities and raise money through fundraisers, adoption fees, grants and bequests. Shelters and rescue groups connected to the auction bidders have annual revenue that runs from $12,000 to $1.5 million, and they charge adoption fees that range from $50 to $1,850 per dog. The individuals who run these organizations receive salaries as high as $78,000, but many receive no compensation, according to tax forms.
The rescue movement used to include only shelters, but today it has an expansive network of home-based nonprofits, too. The noticeable increase in the number of such rescuers at the Missouri auctions began around 2005, about the same time that the nation’s rescue movement began to evolve. That is also about the time that self-described “puppy mill rescue” began to move into the mainstream.” . . .
Oh I know very well how “Rescues” have moved in on the local animal shelters.
You see after my beloved Siberian Husky died want to adopt adopt another right? Twice, mind you twice I’ve tried an can’t you know why? Each time a damn rescue has sunk their paws into it before I could adopt it!!
One was my local shelter, when I complained rescues cherry pick the best dogs out here is what a shelter worker said. “Well the rescue who is taking the Siberian Husky is also taking one of our very sick dogs that needs thousands in medical care that we can’t afford. and Yes Miss you are correct in that they seem to ‘cherry pick’ the good ones but by taking the Siberian Husky that gives the less desirable dogs a chance to be seen.”
Well my local animal shelter you made your deal with the devil, I guess you had to. So I’ll make mine. I’ll bypass you and just go to a dog breeder or an Amish Puppy mill and get the dog I want. Does it make your job harder? Oh well. I want a Siberian Husky and that is what I’m going to get not matter what I have to do to get it, do I make myself clear?
At the end of the day I don’t want to hear people tell me “use your animal shelter for pets” my animal shelter sold me out so F*** you animal shelter