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The adoption agency put our cat to sleep and it's all my fault.
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 535229" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>The no-kill organizations that operate here, are not "shelters". They work on a 100% foster basis. Which means even the long-termers are being cared for in somebody's home. Sometimes, they are "almost" adopted... I know of one older couple of very limited means, who foster two small hard-to-adopt dogs. They can't afford to adopt them - both need medical care and specialty food. As foster dogs, the organization does fundraising for vet fees and vets work at very cut rates, plus they get tons of free food... so, everybody wins. When these two reach the end of their lives, they will repeat the process.</p><p></p><p>But I, too, have serious trouble wrapping my head around long-term sub-optimal shelter conditions...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 535229, member: 11791"] The no-kill organizations that operate here, are not "shelters". They work on a 100% foster basis. Which means even the long-termers are being cared for in somebody's home. Sometimes, they are "almost" adopted... I know of one older couple of very limited means, who foster two small hard-to-adopt dogs. They can't afford to adopt them - both need medical care and specialty food. As foster dogs, the organization does fundraising for vet fees and vets work at very cut rates, plus they get tons of free food... so, everybody wins. When these two reach the end of their lives, they will repeat the process. But I, too, have serious trouble wrapping my head around long-term sub-optimal shelter conditions... [/QUOTE]
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