This is Some Rescue!

OK. This, right here...this is why I've given up on organized "rescues."

http://tv.yahoo.com/contributor/33469/news/urn:newsml:tv.eonline.com:20071016:6e982e8c4080_4044_b941_cec226782721__ER:11495


Even when it is so clear that a rule broken is not always fatal to an animal or "bad" for it, they just push on..so very certain they are the only ones qualified to judge a "good home." And, of course, absolutely certain they are the only ones who "really care" about animals. I've seldom met a rescuer who did not have this basic belief. Makes me want to vomit!

I've been on both sides of this. So many "rescuers" are so caught up in the mission, there's no room for just common sense. I know many that actually believe that euthanizing a happy, healthy animal is more merciful than placing them in a home with little kids, or one that will have an indoor/outdoor existence, or even placing a feral cat in a wild situation with scheduled feedings. So wrong. Yeah. I do know the points there all too well, but please. Death is better than less than perfect, loving homes? Sorry, but I just don't buy into the animal heaven idea. Dead is dead. Ain't no Rainbow Bridge.

Screw you, Mutts and Moms, and all you other arrogant, crazy animal rescuers who give the rest of us such a bad name and an even harder time of finding homes for unwanted animals. Now we have a sincere, nationally broadcast reason for people to look elsewhere for their next pet. Who in their right mind would want to take the risk of losing a new pet to such an irrational organization? Imagine. No small dogs for kids under 14. Really would have changed a lot of people's childhoods, huh? Not to mention a lot of dogs' lives. When you look at it that way, how can anyone really believe this organization and others like it have the best interests of animals in mind? If this doesn't pump up the spread of professional and amateur breeding, what would?

I don't really need to tell you how I feel about that, do I?