Adirondack Save A Stray clearly has a bad record when it comes to ethics. I have spoken with my VERY REPUTABLE vet and that office, a very prominent office, says that they have problems with animals coming from that Shelter all the time. I was totally unimpressed with Meredith. She seems curt and rude and she may be a not for profit, but she is walking out of there with a fistfull of money. Do you know that she charges $200 for every dog that leaves that place? When I was there, I saw over 20 puppies...that is $4000 worth of puppies. And why do we need to go to Puerto Rico for puppies when there are so many animals right here in this area that need homes? She goes to Puerto Rico because she can get puppies and people want puppies and then she can charge $200 for the puppies. Older dogs are much harder to place in good homes and if she was only trying to place the older dogs, she would go broke.
This all looks like a labor of love...but don't be fooled...it may be a not-for-profit, but even people who work for not-for-profit organizations make good salaries.
The thing to consider when considering Adirondack Save A Stray is ETHICS...I have some questions. But don't question Miss Meredith...she is very well armed with every counter to your argument.
Let the buyer beware....all that glitters is not gold!
Go to the Saratoga County Animal Shelter or the Albany County Humane Society. They are licensed and registered and they have standards that they must meet in order to continue the work that they do. Adirondack Save A Stray is a private rescue organization and within that context, you can run into some serious problems as I did and as the woman who is the subject of this article did.
January 7, 2009
Posted on April 19 at 12:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Adirondack Save A Stray clearly has a bad record when it comes to ethics. I have spoken with my VERY REPUTABLE vet and that office, a very prominent office, says that they have problems with animals coming from that Shelter all the time. I was totally unimpressed with Meredith. She seems curt and rude and she may be a not for profit, but she is walking out of there with a fistfull of money. Do you know that she charges $200 for every dog that leaves that place? When I was there, I saw over 20 puppies...that is $4000 worth of puppies. And why do we need to go to Puerto Rico for puppies when there are so many animals right here in this area that need homes? She goes to Puerto Rico because she can get puppies and people want puppies and then she can charge $200 for the puppies. Older dogs are much harder to place in good homes and if she was only trying to place the older dogs, she would go broke.
This all looks like a labor of love...but don't be fooled...it may be a not-for-profit, but even people who work for not-for-profit organizations make good salaries.
The thing to consider when considering Adirondack Save A Stray is ETHICS...I have some questions. But don't question Miss Meredith...she is very well armed with every counter to your argument.
Let the buyer beware....all that glitters is not gold!
Go to the Saratoga County Animal Shelter or the Albany County Humane Society. They are licensed and registered and they have standards that they must meet in order to continue the work that they do. Adirondack Save A Stray is a private rescue organization and within that context, you can run into some serious problems as I did and as the woman who is the subject of this article did.
I WILL NEVER GO THERE AGAIN.
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