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Old March 7th, 2005, 08:12 PM
Lucky Rescue Lucky Rescue is offline
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We charge adoption fees for "old, used and discarded" cats and dogs. Not money grubbing - insuring someone really wants it. Do you really think there is a huge profit in getting a $100 - 300$ adoption for an animal that may have COST 500$+ in vet fees, or cost the owner thousands in the last 6 or 7 years?

We've had people all ready to adopt a cat, then when told of the adoption fee, say "Oh, forget it then." Do you think they really wanted it? We see cats dumped because the owner won't pay for special food, or minor vet care. These are not the people we will adopt to.

People will take ANYTHING if it's free, even if they do not want it, and will later neglect, dump or abuse it. You can find evidence of that on this very forum.
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