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[quote=Anonymous]If you can’t invest $400 in a dog or cat, you do not have adequate means to care for that dog or cat when it is living with you.

The costs incurred by animal rescue organizations are very substantial in providing veterinary care to pets offered for adoption - those costs in many cases far exceed the charge they are requiring from adopters. The adoption fees allow them to recoup some costs and screen out adopters who may be well meaning but can’t or won’t make an appropriate financial commitment to pet stewardship.

I adopted a border collie mix dog from a rescue in late 2019. She came into rescue with three puppies so had to stay in foster care for several weeks while nursing and then weaning them until they could be adopted out at about 12 weeks of age. Then she went to be spayed and vaccinated and tested positive for heartworm, whereupon she stayed in rescue another four months while getting AHS protocol heartworm treatment.

After all that, they paid to transport her to me from Arkansas to Massachusetts. They have favorable arrangements with area veterinarians, but still they invested a couple thousand  into treating my dog who I paid $450 to adopt.

I send them money every year as one of my annual charitable contributions. She’s the sweetest best dog and I am so grateful she wasn’t euthanized.

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