On Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:44:44 -0500, Gary > wrote:

wrote:
>>
>> Animal hoarding is ghastly - they have just rescued 69 cats here off
>> an elderly man - vet bills estimated at $26,000 to fix them up for
>> adoption. Many need dental work due to poor diets etc I don't
>> understand why people do it, I think it has little to do with
>> sheltering the animals and much to do with some psychological
>> aberration.
>
>Years ago when I was looking for a new ferret, the city here raided a
>ferret shelter (that I didn't know about). There was about 89 live
>ones. The city killed all but about 14 within hours. No attempt to
>heal the sick ones. The SPCA won't accept them. Animal shelter
>wouldn't accept them. Both were only for dogs and cats. It was a
>ferret holocaust. They killed them all before any group could
>complain.
>
>I wrote an immediate email to PETA (headquarters in my area) and they
>never tried to stop this. They never even responded to my email except
>to add me to their mailing list which asks for donations constantly.
>Screw them. They don't care about animals, they just live nicely off
>of the donations while pretending to care about animals.

Pitifully few charities of any kind do any good with cash donations
other than to heavily line the pockets of the admins. I discovered a
few local animal rescues, people who care for animals on their own
property. They don't want cash, they want animal feed and labor.