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Deb_and_Ed_M
Sep 08, 2014Explorer II
CA POPPY wrote:
That's because "back in the day" the shelters charged a fee if owners surrendered their own pet, but not if it was a stray they brought in. So naturally, everybody "just found" the dog or cat they were dropping off, even if they'd had him for ten years. Sad, really, and unfair, but the shelters had to do something to cover expenses.
I agree - I mean, I'd have happily paid twice that to reunite a nice dog with his family. But I can see how a LOT of people would NOT have made the huge drive nor paid the fee.... and I sort of got grilled by the lady in the office (during the 20-minute process of surrendering him): I got the impression she thought he was mine??
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