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**PharmaDrMan** · 01-17-2010, 08:37 PM

Something I was thinking about last night.

The Animal Welfare in Albuquerque has a very large intake of animals, so they always have a large amount of animals up for adoption. Out of these animals (cats and dogs) there are rescues who will pull, which isn't a bad thing in itself.

When I was there a few weeks ago I was speaking with one of the canine kennel attendants about a litter of what appeared to be purebred Siberian Husky puppies, who were all listed as 'on hold' since they wouldn't be available for adoption for several days (they had only arrived two days prior).

There were several other purebred puppies and young dogs that were on hold or listed as adoptable as well.

The kennel attendant had quite an attitude about it when she was telling me that all of them were being pulled/adopted by rescues. She said that the rescues would adopt them from AAW for the $40 fee, which includes the spay/neuter, vaccinations, microchip and licensing. Then they would turn around and re-adopt those same animals out through their own agency for $100 or more.

She pointed out all of the dogs that were on hold/adopted for a rescue in the kennel area we were in. The five Sib. pups, there was a very young boston terrier/mix looking pup, two absolutely ADORABLE little pit bulls with cropped ears named Romeo and Juliet, and a couple of the toy breed/size dogs.

I can kind of get where she is coming from, I mean the rescues basically take the most highly adoptable dogs out of the shelter system. Not entirely bad, but I can agree that it isn't very 'fair' when the shelter system is paying for all of the medical procedures and the microchipping and then the rescue gains over twice the amount of money.

I don't think I put this down very clearly, lol, but I was just curious on others thoughts on situations like this.

01-17-2010, 08:37 PM	#1
PharmaDrMan Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 513 Senior Member	Poor relationships between rescues and shelters? Something I was thinking about last night. The Animal Welfare in Albuquerque has a very large intake of animals, so they always have a large amount of animals up for adoption. Out of these animals (cats and dogs) there are rescues who will pull, which isn't a bad thing in itself. When I was there a few weeks ago I was speaking with one of the canine kennel attendants about a litter of what appeared to be purebred Siberian Husky puppies, who were all listed as 'on hold' since they wouldn't be available for adoption for several days (they had only arrived two days prior). There were several other purebred puppies and young dogs that were on hold or listed as adoptable as well. The kennel attendant had quite an attitude about it when she was telling me that all of them were being pulled/adopted by rescues. She said that the rescues would adopt them from AAW for the $40 fee, which includes the spay/neuter, vaccinations, microchip and licensing. Then they would turn around and re-adopt those same animals out through their own agency for $100 or more. She pointed out all of the dogs that were on hold/adopted for a rescue in the kennel area we were in. The five Sib. pups, there was a very young boston terrier/mix looking pup, two absolutely ADORABLE little pit bulls with cropped ears named Romeo and Juliet, and a couple of the toy breed/size dogs. I can kind of get where she is coming from, I mean the rescues basically take the most highly adoptable dogs out of the shelter system. Not entirely bad, but I can agree that it isn't very 'fair' when the shelter system is paying for all of the medical procedures and the microchipping and then the rescue gains over twice the amount of money. I don't think I put this down very clearly, lol, but I was just curious on others thoughts on situations like this.
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