By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:08:13 +0000

I just rescued a dog from a shelter. The big picture is to have people treat animals right. Not to be animal Nazi’s (see if they print this) The correct thing to do is to let go when you let go or never let go to start with. THat was horrible the way that agency handled that manor just for the sake of being right. It was more of a power grab for the publicity than for the sake of the animal. Do they think they are kidding anyone with their pompus attitude of they are the great and powerful OZ…. Someone needs to wake up. It was a dog and rather than keep it Ellen gave it to a good home. If the agency was really concerned about the dog they would have taken a little time to look at them rather than a power grab because they could. I hope someone breaks each and everyone of their hearts someday. Karma works if you work it.

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:26:29 +0000

There are two main reasons rescue agencies specify that animals are to be returned if the adoption situation does not work out: from the liability perspective (e.g What if Iggy in the new home would have bitten one of the children? Would Ellen have taken responsibility or let the rescue agency take the hit?) and from the animal’s well-being perspective (We don’t know this animal’s history or what needs he has. That’s why the rescue agency reserves judgement on who should adopt the dog or where the dog should be readopted to). Ellen DeGeneres is not the one who should decide where a dog she adopted under contract through a rescue agency is placed. She easily could have followed the contract, recommended the family to the agency, and then had the family follow the rules and submit an adoption application just like everyone else. We don’t know this dog’s history and although Ellen was lucky and the dog’s fit with the family worked out, this might easily have not been the case. What about the dog’s welfare then? Celebrities need to learn to follow the rules like everyone else. Sign a contract and just work with the agency and its standards to make sure EVERYONE involved is happy with the solution, especially from the long-term perspective. I feel bad for the kids and the dog that bonded so well but the adults involved in the situation did not set a good example by breaking a contract and then causing a fuss that resulted in stress and safety concerns for the rescue agency. A full apology to the rescue group and the public in general for causing this fuss would the right thing to do on Ellen’s part. Rescue agencies work to save animals all the time while the general public lives in ignorant bliss of the plight of these animals. If people want to make a big difference in animals’ lives, they will get involved in animal rescue and see the real side of the story instead of appealing to Ellen’s tears because she made a bad decision and sending hate mail to the rescue agency. If Ellen were a true animal lover, she would respect the people who work with animals every day and support their mission instead of targeting them because she didn’t get her way.

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