Meet Buster. Buster is a 10-year old full-bred Beagle who lost his home due to Hurrican Irene. The family's house was condemned and they were forced to move into an apartment that doesn't take pets. So Buster is currently at the local Humane Society shelter where they want to put him to sleep because they consider him too old to adopt! They want to make room for younger dogs. Look at this face: So here is my response to the so-called Humane Society: Buster will be coming home with me next week.
Good on you for doing that. I'd live in a fucking tent before I surrender my dog to the Humane Society, or any other similar place.
Even more insane are the hoops and hurdles they make people go through to adopt a dog or cat. To some extent, that's understandable, since they don't want to see that dog or cat come back there again in six months or so, but having two or three interviews and home inspections before bringing a pet home? Beagles are a rather study dog breed, so you'll most likely have Buster with you for a while.
This is why I have a houseful of cats. I've nutured them and even carried some of them in my top pocket. I'll go hungry before they will. Good on you for taking Buster.
I had to look up the origins on Wiki to respond to this and found that the Humane Society at large is more concerned with the general welfare of animals and the overall banning of such things as puppy mills and illegal poaching, thus the reason they don't share donations with local shelters. My heart goes out to these animals who have done nothing wrong to deserve death, but every time I hear a story about folks having to fill out an application, then go through two or more interviews, background check, home inspection ect. just to be able to bring even an "unadoptable" dog/ cat like Buster supposedly was....I kind of don't blame them for saying "Fuck it" and going to a breeder. That said, people need to do their own homework. My cousin works at the local SCPA and most of the long-time volunteers hate when new animal-centric movies come out, because they'll get a huge influx of that particular breed within six months of the movie's release. "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" is a good example...they are small, nervous dogs that usually don't mix well with young children--the target audience for said film. Same with "101 Dalmatians," which is a high-energy and hard-headed breed, to say nothing of the deafness that runs rampant in the breed.
Yep. They typically hate kids and other breeds of dog. My little buddy sure as fuck does. Jack Russel Terriers in particular seem to drive him to murderous berserko rage. Also, they're willful and hard to house train, and have sensitive dietary requirements.
HUH? We don't have all these hurdles here in Georgia. I'm not sure it's the "official" Humane Society, maybe it's a local off-shoot of it. But regardless, they give the animals free basic immunizations while in their care, and you pay around fifty dollars if you want a pet. Basically they're free since you would have to pay for shots anyway if you got a pet from your neighbor or wherever. Also they give you a voucher for discount spay/neutering. There are no interviews or home inspections either. It's extremely cheap and simple - most of our pets were aquired this way.
Buster never came home with me after all. The lady who picked him up from the shelter decided to give him to another family without telling me! Oh well, I'm glad he's got a good home. But the lady can .
I'm just glad it had a happy ending. Now you go get another dog they're about to kill and you can still do the good you were going to do before.
I was in Cuba when the hurricane hit, we got the tail end. Some storms and very fucking loud lightning!!
the humane society i volunteer at doesn't make you jump through all those hoops to adopt. right now they're actually giving cats away and taking the hit on the spay/neuter/vaccines because they don't want to have to put them down but there's just no more room.
