Money from misery

There's a cats and dogs home near me, which I dislike intensely.

Why do I feel like this? The answer is simple, the shelter is run as a business - a commercial operation designed to make profit from the misery of abandoned animals.

The owner of this place is a nasty piece of work. A few years ago she was in the news for basically being an execution point for racing greyhounds, who had passed their prime. Given she was running an animal sanctuary, supposedly caring for abandoned animals, how did she justify this? She said she was providing a service for owners and it was more humane than their usual methods. She also mentioned that the fees for greyhound executions, helped keep the cashflow through the sanctuary. She was utterly unrepentant, but stopped being an executioner.

She was also unrepentant, recently when she told an adopter that the cat he adopted was a neutered male and had all it's jabs, etc. 3 weeks later, the cat's owner found he had a pregnant female! He noticed the "male" had a swollen stomach, so had "him" checked at the vet's. The vet informed him of the true circumstances and suggested that the cat may have had it's jabs, but had obviously not been properly examined. The owner complained to the home and, yet again the owner of the home was unrepentant. The cat's owner sued her for costs associated with caring for and re-homing 10 kittens, which he neither wanted nor expected.

My dogs have all come from there, in the past, but I'm not inclined to go there any more, since the facts emerged. This does however, leave me feeling like I'm rejecting the dogs at that home, simply because they're there and because the owner of the home is a heartless, conniving cow.

Before I became aware of the fact that the home isn't a charity, or not for profit organisation (NFP), I would regularly drop by with a case of dog food, as a donation, but not any more.

I wish someone could put her out of business, or force a change to being a charity or NFP. Becoming a charity would mean that people would feel easier about helping the place, knowing that they aren't contributing to someone's personal profits

The best idea would be for the police, council, local agencies and dog warden companies to stop using the place as the default place to send strays and abandoned animals and find a charity, or NFP.

This upsets me a bit, because I hate the place and the owner, but a rescue centre is, unfortunately, vital.

Maybe it's time for some proper regulation and control, with legal penalties for those who fail to comply.