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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI have a question about pets.
We all have seen the advertisement on TV that show an animal behind a fence with no food or water or available shade in hot weather. We all feel very badly because the pictures that they show are of animals that dont appear very healthy or happy. So, of course, we are asked for a donation to help them. But this is my question. With our donation, do they knock on the door of the owner and ask to purchase the pet so they can be placed in a better home, or do they provide the owner with a better food supplies? If the pet is released, do our donations go to a shelter where the animal is taken? Or, perhaps the donations go to attorneys if they have to sue the owner for neglect? Ive always wondered about this and thought that someone on DU might have the answer.
Ocelot II
(119,262 posts)Information about its expenditures here: https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/131623829
tavernier
(13,031 posts)I just wonder how successful they are when attempting to tell owners how to treat their pets. Its probably more complicated in some cases than dealing with parents of human children.
Ocelot II
(119,262 posts)than contacts with or education for individual pet owners.
Polly Hennessey
(7,209 posts)when there is an emergency such as our wildfires here in Northern California. Mainly, I give to local charities such as Foothills Dog Rescue, Sierra Wildlife Rescue, and Angel Donkey 🫏 Rescue. The only large group I give to on a regular basis is the IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare).