[Salamander]

*This* dog is trendy...it's a disaster-survivor turned status symbol.
There's tragic provenance attached to it.
It's a made-for-TV-Lassie-movie in her own living room.

She did a "makes me feel good"/self-congradulatory thing by "saving" it and loves her newfound notoriety.

What worries me now is, if the pressure to return it becomes too great, how -far- is she willing to go to make sure the man doesn't get his dog back?

Depending on the state, a "bite" or "act of aggression" could get it euthanized before anyone had time to do anything.

If you think that's over the top, the rip isn't load-balanced in the first place or we wouldn't even be discussing this.

With people like this, I've learned not to put anything past them.

Until this is legally resolved, the dog should be placed with a neutral third party...just in case.

[pepperdog]

You are right, the woman is unbalanced. I am calmer now, hope the man gets his dog back and the woman gets properly "recognized".

[blu]

The animal rescue groups in our area have taken in around 400 Katrina pets. We're a looong way from Katrina and Rita's area. The rescue folks solicited and received funds from the public to help care for the pets. This is all fine and nice and sorta like we do up here.

But, the kicker is this: If you want to adopt one of these animals, it'll cost you $100.00! To adopt from the insaneHumane Society, it's $15.00 and a promise to spay/neuter. I can only infer that the hurricane pets must be social status pets. What a crock! "Oh, people will pay more for them cos they're Hurricane Victims(tm)! Let's charge more, and then we'll use the extra $ to fund ourselves!" I wonder if the Red Cross is their business model?