kill shelters

[tamelroy]

I just got a puppy from petfinder, they try to save as many as they can, so I am asking you if you need a puppy think about them. Also they just sent me an email today if you live in or around this area and want a dog or a cat you might want to consider this. And you can get a puppy if you do not want an adult dog, some are even pure breed. Mine is a Great Pryelee. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

We do have a transport this week.Please remember we can not transport puppies right out of the shelter.Please help these dogs, ALOT of good dogs that need another chance! The shelter is Columbus County Animal Shelter in Whiteville, NC.Their address is 288 Legion Dr Whiteville, NC 28472. Hours are 8:30-5Mon-Thurs, 12-5 Fri. They euthanize on Friday mornings. Adoption feeis $25/dog or cat

 

[debilorrah]

Oh dear! Your thread title I AM SURE has kept people from opening this! All our dogs and cats have always been rescues.

 

[hikerchick]

I have chickens and a goat that were rescues.

 

[English Chick]

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Have to agree with Debs on this one............

 

[luvanimals3]

I was gonna adopt a dog but then Dakota wandered up! I think adoption is the way to go. There are so many animals that need homes. I would rather adopt than buy from a breeder(no offense to anyone) anyday. I am a sucker for what other people dont want and things that need help!

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

I have to tell you, and I really support people saving animals, but here in RI we had a rescue start up that was transporting Southern dogs up here from GA and NC. This can be a great thing to do because you are really saving an animal, BUT you must BE CAREFUL. Alot of people have adopted these Southern dogs only to find that they have Heartworm disease or Mange, etc.
I myself adopted a GA last year from the Spaulding Animal Shelter and she was vetted to get her clearence for the transport and everything and when she got to me two days later she was on deaths door! She had three kinds of worms, coccidia, a double yeast infection in both ears, and kennel cough! She literally came into my house and exploded blood and worms out of both ends of her body all over my house within 5 minutes of being here. I had already spent $300 to get her out of the shelter and to me and then had to drop another $1500.00 on vet care as soon as she arrived.
To top it all off she turned out to be a chicken killer and I had to adopt her out to a new family.
Did I save a life? Sure I did and I'm glad I did. But I had no clue I would get a dog that sick who has supposedly been vetted two days prior (there was no way this dog got that suddenly ill and was perfectly healthy 2 days prior). We had to use all of our savings to pay for her vet bills. It was horrible. I ended up getting $40 in return for her adoption fee.

If you cannot afford a giant vet bill I would be very leery of adopting a dog that you will not see with your own two eyes beforehand.

* Oh and the local rescue that was transporting these dogs? They got shut down because there were too many complaints of sick dogs coming into the state, and they were preventing dogs already in RI sitting on death row from being adopted. There are kill shelters everywhere. Yes the South ones are worse, they just have more overpopulation than other areas and they do what they have to do to keep the numbers in control. But if someone really wants to adopt from a shelter they should save an animal that is already needing a home in their community.

 

[raroo]

$25!!!

It costs up to $475 to adopt a puppy here from from the SPCA!!!!

I'd be there right now if I could!

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

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Sure, that's how much I paid for the adoption of the little girl I rescued. Then $275 for the transport and vet health certifcate that was a joke.

We have shelters in CT that only charge $5 for adoption.

 

[LoupGarou]

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Cost is only one reason why so many dogs languish in shelters. For $475 you can buy a pet quality purebred puppy from a breeder and, most likely, that puppy will have a known history and all of its shots. It seems that back when shelters were a low-cost way to bring home a family pet and to save a life we heard a lot less about pet overpopulation and so on.

 

[raroo]

That's for sure! And it doesn't help that shelters often make people feel like criminals, too. One lady at an SPCA was so rude to me and my fiance when we went to adopt our first kitten, I was afraid to come back. We were approved, and she was "nice" after that!!

However, I have been to a different one where we were treated much better. No interrogation, she just let us spend as much time with the cats as we wanted, and we felt welcome. It was a very nice change after the last one. I was so nervous about trying the SPCA again!