Thanks, karanleaf! I will look into it. I looked at the link but didn't find much to go on about why the humane society would give such a man as this, or my sister, for that matter, animals in an adoption or foster care situation. She also has rescued horses that have no shelter, suffer severely from rain rot, etc. If they are going to be so helpful, why did they give these people these animals in the first place? I can tell you, they couldn't have checked this man's premises, as it would take YEARS for someone's place to get that bad!
The irony of this is, a couple years ago I was planning to adopt an Anatolian Shepherd at the shelter. They said I couldn't have him because I didn't have a six foot fence around my property! How many people have a six foot fence around their property? Ostrich farmers, maybe? They wouldn't accept my electric containment. The funny part is, the sister in question made a statement to the fact, that since I didn't "vet" my dog every month, I couldn't afford a dog anyway! She called the humane society and told them this, so they offered the fence reason for my not being able to adopt the dog. Sorry, but if this is our humane society and the way they handle animals...well, they have some seriously twisted priorities!
Now, the same sister has 13 dogs, 9 of which are in a small pen with electric at the bottom to keep them from digging out. They walk daily on their own feces....lots of it!, never get out of the pen, have a tarp stretched over one end for shade, have a continual infestation of worms, skin conditions, etc. Their water is tepid, dirty and always frozen in the winter. One small beagle was tied to a heavy logging chain and isolated from the others. He was 13 years old. I asked her why he had that logging chain on his neck and she told me that this is what he was "used to where he lived before". He died right there on that chain. Alone, way off in the corner of a field.
My dogs, on the other hand, have approx. 1/2 acre of ground on which to run, they have a lounging mattress in an open-sided shed, a heated water bucket for winter, dog houses with memory foam/cedar chip/straw beds. They get daily socialization with the family, are never tied, fresh water, shade trees, cool green grass on which to roll and lay, and their feces are deposited up in the orchard where they only go to make a deposit. They get "vetted" when they are ill which is never, they get wormed, vaccinated and injuries are taken to the vet if they cannot be attended to at home.
Now, tell me why the humane society continues to give this woman animals for fostering and adoption? This is not isolated to this county....she had the same situation at the county in which she used to live. BOTH humane societies helped this woman hoard, overfeed, but neglect, animals of all shapes and sizes. They also seize other people's animals on her say so! If I had the faintest belief that an organization like this could, or would, help stop this cycle, I just might appeal to them. THEY are the bad guys!
