"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 13 Jul 2013 18:46:08 -0700, Cheri wrote:
>
>> That's the reason our rescue dog was put up for adoption in the first
>> place.
>> The shelter that picked her up the first time charged the owners 100.00
>> to
>> retrieve her, the second time they wanted to charge quite a bit more and
>> the
>> people either didn't want to or couldn't afford to pay it so they left
>> her
>> there. Animal rescuers rescued her so she wouldn't be euthanized and put
>> her
>> up for adoption. So, I imagine that if you don't bail them out, one of
>> those
>> two things happens.
>
> They would put the dog to sleep out of spite? Costs them more to do
> that than just give the dog back. They could still charge the pet
> owner and just sell the debt to a debt collector and that way they can
> at least recover *some* of the money.
>
> Or you could rescue the dog and give it back to the owners, out of
> spite for the shelter.
>
> -sw


No, they released the dog to AFC since the owners didn't pay and it was the
second offense of her running loose. She was in terrible shape, emaciated,
and a rack of bones. I saw pics of her when she was first brought in (not
surprised she ran away twice) and after AFC rescued her from the pound, got
her well, and put her up for adoption. It doesn't even look like the same
dog. I would never want her returned to them. I've had her for three years
now and she's never once run away..

Cheri