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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've fostered with Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation.

It sounds as if the vets the owner consulted failed to diagnose the liver shunt.

This is not the owner's fault, nor the County's fault, nor LDCRF's fault.

What everyone should focus on is that this dog is alive and well! Even the owner recognizes that, despite being a victim too - deprived of her pet because of a misdiagnosis.

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I don't think anyone is faulting anyone, but some are arguing that the policy was unfair or that she shouldn't have the animal because she couldn't afford it. I, personally think that if she can pay back all the fees that the dog incurred she should get a change to readopt. But I don't think it should be for free. [/quote]

Some people are. And adoption is never free, PP. There is always a fee - even though it's never the thousands of dollars that animals actually cost the organizations. Rescues and foundations like LDCRF operate with grants and donations, and they charge an adoption fee to reduce their costs. 
Since these are large operations operating primarily with volunteers like me who donate their time and labor, it would not be cost-effective to bend the rules and make exceptions. That would take our time away from helping more animals. In this case, the dog has found a family anyway. The owner can adopt another pet.

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Actually adoption is often free - because the primary goal is to get pets out of shelters, and into homes. Shelters are really full - especially going into summer, but these days all year round. There are sponsored adoptions, free adoption promotions, summer-long free adoptions, etc. It's because shelters need space for the pets coming in, and pets do better in homes than sitting in a kennel in a loud, scary environment - which even the best shelter is.

In almost every instance, I'd say this dog should of course go back to their owner - and we should celebrate this as a story about a dog saved from death, and a family reunited. I have to assume there are some details we aren't hearing about, that this doesn't seem to be what's happening.[/quote]

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