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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 406328" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p>Our local humane societies are no-kill, unless the animal is chronically ill or dangerous. And they tell you that up front. Even so, they still have special-needs pets as long as they can get a foster for it. </p><p></p><p>I adopted Jewel almost 5 years ago from the Humane Society that picked her up from the dog warden (pound) where she would have certainly been euthanized. </p><p></p><p>That said, I have seen some local, independent rescue groups who are so zealous that they try to save every single animal. All animals are not adoptable and trying to adopt them out, only to have the animal returned over and over again, is more damaging. One of our local rescues (that is no longer functioning), was hellbent on adopting 2 dogs together. They were littermates who survived freezing to death in a field - their mother and other littermates froze to death - and were taken in by a man who ran his own kind of rescue, but the dogs were not socialized at all. It almost sounds like a hoarding situation. Anyway, when these dogs were 3 years old, he gave them to the rescue to adopt them out. These dogs were terrified and while one was able to overcome and adjust, the other wasn't. I watched on their adoption page as those dogs were adopted out and returned at least 5 times, until they finally adopted just the one out separately. When I suggested that the other one wasn't adoptable, I received their wrath. in my opinion, it was cruel to take her out of the only environment she felt safe in and try to place her in a home because that's what they think should happen with every dog no matter what.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 406328, member: 7083"] Our local humane societies are no-kill, unless the animal is chronically ill or dangerous. And they tell you that up front. Even so, they still have special-needs pets as long as they can get a foster for it. I adopted Jewel almost 5 years ago from the Humane Society that picked her up from the dog warden (pound) where she would have certainly been euthanized. That said, I have seen some local, independent rescue groups who are so zealous that they try to save every single animal. All animals are not adoptable and trying to adopt them out, only to have the animal returned over and over again, is more damaging. One of our local rescues (that is no longer functioning), was hellbent on adopting 2 dogs together. They were littermates who survived freezing to death in a field - their mother and other littermates froze to death - and were taken in by a man who ran his own kind of rescue, but the dogs were not socialized at all. It almost sounds like a hoarding situation. Anyway, when these dogs were 3 years old, he gave them to the rescue to adopt them out. These dogs were terrified and while one was able to overcome and adjust, the other wasn't. I watched on their adoption page as those dogs were adopted out and returned at least 5 times, until they finally adopted just the one out separately. When I suggested that the other one wasn't adoptable, I received their wrath. in my opinion, it was cruel to take her out of the only environment she felt safe in and try to place her in a home because that's what they think should happen with every dog no matter what. [/QUOTE]
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