Read Your Adoption Contract Carefully
Every week I come across online ads selling pets that originally came from a shelter or rescue. The ads often read like this:
Puppy for sale. Adopted from XYZ Shelter but doesn’t get along with our dog. Would you please adopt him so we don’t have to take him back to the shelter? He will be killed!
If you are adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue, please read the adoption application thoroughly. Many shelters and reputable breeders ask that if you cannot care for the animal, you must return it to the shelter or breeder it came from. If you cannot care for the animal and subsequently sell it, you are violating a contract!
Returning a pet to a shelter doesn’t automatically put it on death row. Our cat Finner was a returned several times to a shelter because he vomits. Finner went to a wonderful foster home and we finally adopted him. We knew what we were getting into with Finner, and it’s nothing a little carpet cleaner won’t take care of.
If you see these ads online and the specific shelter, rescue or breeder is mentioned, please take the time to report it to place of origin. It could save a pet from being adopted without proper screening, and catch someone who promised to care for a pet in violation of their contract.
Posted: April 28th, 2008 under Abuse and Neglect.
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