Anonymous wrote:"Adoption fee" just means money they want for giving you the pet. It does not have to signify that they are an adoption group. Anyone is entitled to use the term adoption.
Sometimes people want to be reimbursed for shots, etc. It's not a technical term when one adopts a pet. You can adopt a pet who wandered into your yard one day.
And OP, if you are only interesting in a purebred cat, don't kid yourself that you are "rescuing" a cat. Please. Give me a break. This is far from a rescue scenario.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Adopt a rescue cat, there are a million sweet ones out there who need homes.
Lose the breed mentality.
And report that CL ad. I hate that Craigslist allows for pets to be listed - it is an invitation to abuse.
I am looking to rescue, which I thought this was by how it was phrased. But, I'm not experienced with CL so it's not. I am rescuing, do rescue, and have rescued. I have fostered for years.
OK everyone?
In this situation, I was looking for a breed of cat - which I like and have adopted from shelters in the past but have not found recently. I've been looking extensively in local shelters. It may be that we don't end up adopting this breed in the end. But I wanted to look first.
Stepping away from this conversation now. Thanks.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"Adoption fee" just means money they want for giving you the pet. It does not have to signify that they are an adoption group. Anyone is entitled to use the term adoption.
Sometimes people want to be reimbursed for shots, etc. It's not a technical term when one adopts a pet. You can adopt a pet who wandered into your yard one day.
And OP, if you are only interesting in a purebred cat, don't kid yourself that you are "rescuing" a cat. Please. Give me a break. This is far from a rescue scenario.
Do not preach to me. I'm an experienced rescuer and have always had rescues, including multiple purebreds from city shelters (though not always purebred). I've been looking in the shelters and haven't found what I'm hoping to adopt (and it may be that we don't end up with this breed in the end). So, you give me a break and stuff your judgment.
What I'm not experienced at is CL, which I've never really used and is why I asked the questions. Jerk.
Anonymous wrote:Adopt a rescue cat, there are a million sweet ones out there who need homes.
Lose the breed mentality.
And report that CL ad. I hate that Craigslist allows for pets to be listed - it is an invitation to abuse.
Anonymous wrote:"Adoption fee" just means money they want for giving you the pet. It does not have to signify that they are an adoption group. Anyone is entitled to use the term adoption.
Sometimes people want to be reimbursed for shots, etc. It's not a technical term when one adopts a pet. You can adopt a pet who wandered into your yard one day.
And OP, if you are only interesting in a purebred cat, don't kid yourself that you are "rescuing" a cat. Please. Give me a break. This is far from a rescue scenario.