Animal Rescuers ??

16 years ago

The thread about voting for the animal rescuer made me think about 2 of them here that I have had experience with. I saw a rescuer set up at Pet Co and they had a cat that I liked. A few days later I went to the shelter to look at it again. They had hundreds of cats, it was heartbreaking....the owner was nothing more than a professional hoarder. She had so many cats that were not adoptable and there were very aggressive cats who spent their day attacking the others. They had a ring worm infestation and I was told that they take those cats to the vet and leave them until they are well. I told my vet and he said there is no vet who would do that. There is no way she could gotten rid of the infestation without washing all of the bedding or throwing it out. There is no way that lady could have treated the seriously ill ones, far to many. I was told the owner spent most of her time raising money, I wonder how much of the money went for the cats. I for one would rather be dead rather than live my life locked up all of my life without personal attention. I am sure some are very good but this one was awful. It was all I thought about for a long time. I told Pet Co they should visit the place before they let more cats come from a place like that. They were a little alarmed because other organizations come in and use the same cages. Have any of you gone to visit a rescue center, are they all like that.

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moonie_57 (8 NC)
16 years ago
They aren't all like that.

From what I've seen on TV, many hoarders use the guise of "rescuer" to try and cover or validate the amount of animals they acquire. It's very sad for these people and sadder for the animals.
socks
16 years ago
How awful. I'm glad you told petco. Maybe you should also tell the local Humane Society. People could easily get sick cats from this person. I agree, they are not rescuing when cats have a miserable, unhealthy life. Poor kitties.

Did you get the kitty, or another one from somewhere else?
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I have a friend who is an animal rescuer. She works with one of the local animal shelters. They have adoptions twice a month, weather permitting. A couple of recent Saturdays it has been too hot to have the animals outside and the adoption days have had to be postponed or cancelled. If the shelter has a cat or dog who has stayed too long she will take it home with her and try to find a foster home for it. She makes people fill out applications before adoptions and not everyone makes the cut. I send donations and hope to make some things to sell as fund raisers to help her. She has contact with a few regular foster people who are such a blessing to her and she keeps as many animals at her house as she is allowed to. Lately she has been getting as lot of publicity on the radio and tv for her efforts. I hope the publicity helps more animals find good homes. She is very dedicated to what she does.
vala55
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16 years ago
Socks, I ended up getting one from the humane society. I thought the dogs there were pitiful until I went to the rescue shelter. Cats always seem to be happy and playing with each other, dogs just lay there looking sad or have their nose at the bottom of the door. We have a brand new humane society and pound. There was a huge donation that paid for most of it. They are right next door to each other and very clean. Strays go to the pound and others to the shelter. I did call the humane society, I don't know how that turned out.

mscsippy She sounds good. after the two I saw I would never donate unless I visited the shelter. I thought this one was good because the cats live in shed type buildings with exits to the outside runs. Just to many cats there.
matti5
16 years ago
I volunteer weekly at my local SPCA. Part of my duties are cleaning/sanitizing dog habitats and kennels. We have very strict rules we follow in order to limit the spread of disease. Kennel cough and ring worm are highly contagious. Cages, crates, floors, bedding and such are disinfected and then bleached for 20 minutes to decrease the spread of disease. At our offsite adoptions, we use our own crates and kennels. We are not affliated with Petco, but I have talked to a few rescue groups that participate with them and they bring in their own crates/cages. If Petco is providing cages, I really hope they follow a mandatory cleaning protocal.
vala55
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16 years ago
My step daughter is part of the management team at her store and she told me they disinfect the cages. I am sure our humane society does also, but my cat had kennel cough and ear mites.

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