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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some outlet did a huge expose of the practice of buying "rescues" from breeders and how it perpetuates the dog production business and costs donors huge amounts of money.  I think it ws The Post, and I think it was pre-covid.

[back after googling] - here's an article that points to the Post article. No idea how/if this has changed over the past 7 years.

https://philanthropydaily.com/the-big-business-of-dog-rescue/

But I do agree - I hate to be so hard hearted, but there are too many dogs, and shuttling them from one area of the country to another does not seem to be an efficient use of resources.  [/quote]
That article is 7 years old, anything recent? You keep bringing it up every time to support your point that rescues are buying puppies.[/quote]

FWIW, this was my first post on this thread (and here now is my second).  I was reading this back and forth of "buying dogs! Doesn't happen! Yes it does! No it doesn't!" and it triggered a memory for me so I went and checked it out.  I did not other googling - no idea what, if anything, happened as a result of this story and what, if any, follow up exists.

I think it's a problem no one wants to acknowledge.  At the end of the day, the rescues are rescuing dogs that have no home and would likely die without rescue.  That's it, full stop.

I do believe what someone else posted that pet stores have been supplanted by rescues.  I also beleive huge amounts of money are moving through this system.  And I don't think anyone anywhere is really adressing the root causes of simply too many dogs.

The other thing I will speculate on is that this expose came out pre covid, and I also think covid had a big impact on the dog / rescue / shelter world.  I in no way know enough to even guess at many of the changes.  And finally, looking at this system with cold steely eyes is difficult.  There is a lot of emotion in dog rescue.  I think many of the actions neccessary to reduce the pipeline of dogs would be highly unpalatable.  [/quote]

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