Question For All

Going through our e-mails and the consensus is there are so many bad things going on in so many shelters (rescues too).  I could write a 5,000 word post and still get nowhere near covering all the questions and concerns.

I figured instead, I would post and make this an interactive post for everyone to join in on.

Now, I don't figure a whole lot of people, if any, will participate because again the consensus is that the majority of people emailing are scared to hell of what will happen if they do.  So I am calling for all the I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK people and asking that you all do comment and share.  Now, please make sure that if it is something you do not have documentation of to back up the claims that you at least "bleep" out the shelter/rescue name and instead use city and state location especially if there are multiple shelters in your area, or even something like "Northern California", "South Florida", "West Texas", "Rural Ohio".   Leave out the last names (first names are fine) of persons if you are referring to an individual person, or if it is someone in a certain position just refer to it as the "Shelter Manager".  This way people can maybe figure things out to a degree but nobody is being slandered per say until an investigation or facts are provided.  A lot of what happens in rescue is based on a hunch or here-say and that does not necessarily mean it is not true, but it does mean that we would like to be fair and post accurate information to the best of our ability.  I am sure if what some of you are saying in email, it can be easily proven and verified and that you are not the only one who sees things that are happening.

For all of our readers that are not comfortable disclosing their identity we would love to hear from you too.  You can email us at rescue.watchdog@gmail.com and we can share for you and omit the personal information that would help people to identify who you are.

I will close by saying that I personally am appalled at how the general rescue community has seem to lost themselves along the way.  What seems to have started by some for all the right reasons seems to have been derailed and the focus is so clouded with all the wrong things.  It is a shame too because these unfortunate fur souls need an army of helpers and instead of fighting for their lives many times we are fighting against one another.  For that reason alone, we started this page.  We are tired of sitting back and watching the debacle and even more tired of those that are taking something so wonderful (helping animals) and turning it into something so awful.  One bad apple seems to have surely spoiled the whole bunch.

This is no longer an issue that comes along at a shelter here and there. This is now a problem that is shared all over the United States and the rest of the world.   We are hoping to shed light on the issue and advocate for animals from California to New York and Texas to North Dakota and all states in between.   This has become quite an epidemic.