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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 381841" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>You can call the Animal control office for whatever area she is in. Even with a kennel license, she has to answer to them and follow their rules. chances are that she is breaking no laws. While taking animals to the pound is not the nicest thing to do to an animal, it certainly isn't illegal. If there is something she is doing that is hurting an animal, or if she has too many of them, or does something that violates local laws then Animal Control can investigate or shut her down. In MOST areas, it is illegal to sell or "adopt" out a sick animal. Doesn't matter what type of illness, you are required to get vet care and keep the animal until it is healthy before you can sell it or let it be adopted. Is she charging an adoption fee? Making sure they are spayed or neutered before she lets them go? Some areas require "rescues" to spay or neuter every animal before they are released. I know our area requires it. The ONLY reason we got Capn Morgan on Fri when he was to be neutered on Tues was because the vet that Animal Control uses (one of the vets) is the vet who has cared for our animals for almost 2 decades. She vouched for me, and said she could go find me if I didn't bring him in (LOL), so we got him for the weekend before the surgery so he could adjust some before he got snipped. </p><p> </p><p>If you know she has a sick animal and is ready to adopt him out, let animal control know. You may have to do it several times. In our town they get one chance. If it happens a second time they close the organization down. Here they don't even get that if they say they are a rescue and they send animals home with-o being spayed or neutered. Exceptions like we had are the way around it - the surgery date must be within the next 5 days and the appointment must be set. There must be some surety that the new owners will show up - in our case it was the vet's word, in other cases they demand a forty dollar deposit that is returned when you bring back paperwork from the vet. </p><p> </p><p>I hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 381841, member: 1233"] You can call the Animal control office for whatever area she is in. Even with a kennel license, she has to answer to them and follow their rules. chances are that she is breaking no laws. While taking animals to the pound is not the nicest thing to do to an animal, it certainly isn't illegal. If there is something she is doing that is hurting an animal, or if she has too many of them, or does something that violates local laws then Animal Control can investigate or shut her down. In MOST areas, it is illegal to sell or "adopt" out a sick animal. Doesn't matter what type of illness, you are required to get vet care and keep the animal until it is healthy before you can sell it or let it be adopted. Is she charging an adoption fee? Making sure they are spayed or neutered before she lets them go? Some areas require "rescues" to spay or neuter every animal before they are released. I know our area requires it. The ONLY reason we got Capn Morgan on Fri when he was to be neutered on Tues was because the vet that Animal Control uses (one of the vets) is the vet who has cared for our animals for almost 2 decades. She vouched for me, and said she could go find me if I didn't bring him in (LOL), so we got him for the weekend before the surgery so he could adjust some before he got snipped. If you know she has a sick animal and is ready to adopt him out, let animal control know. You may have to do it several times. In our town they get one chance. If it happens a second time they close the organization down. Here they don't even get that if they say they are a rescue and they send animals home with-o being spayed or neutered. Exceptions like we had are the way around it - the surgery date must be within the next 5 days and the appointment must be set. There must be some surety that the new owners will show up - in our case it was the vet's word, in other cases they demand a forty dollar deposit that is returned when you bring back paperwork from the vet. I hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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