$100 I could see, they charged me a $350 “adoption” fee. I knew I was ripped off but I wanted a dog. 10 months later she died of osteo sarcoma.
But the point is these rescues are scams.
There is a similar scam going on in the horse world. It is actually worse. The horse flippers buy at auction, steal, or offer for ever homes for older horses. They then take them to feedlots and pretend they are rescues. They tell people that a horse will ship to slaughter unless somebody bails it out. They are priced way over the real value plus other fees are involved. Very few of these animals are useable so the victim gets a junk horse in poor condition. Sometimes the horse “dies” before they can be shipped to the fool that bailed it.
Yeah I figured my pricing was too low... they are dog traffickers....