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alex_antoninSomeone on FB didn't understand why someone's pet was being called a "rescue" if they had to pay money to get it, so I enlightened them:
It's something done here in the US, a scam, like how they charge thousands of dollars to get a single aspirin from the hospital when you're sick.
See, the city collects domestic animals like dogs and cats that have gotten loose on the streets. If you've shelled out money for a microchip and/or a collar and the city picks it up, you get your pet back. If nobody claims the pet because there's no proof that anyone owned it, the city instead sells the animal for an exorbitant fee that's still cheaper than getting a pet from a breeder, and they try to sell this as a good thing by calling it a "rescue." But it's only called a rescue because if they don't sell the animal within a certain amount of time, they just kill it and toss the body in a dumpster like PETA does. Hence, if you buy into their racket, you're "rescuing" the pet from being murdered by the state for the crime of existing in an unapproved way.
So, like I said, a scam. Or a racket? It's capitalism at work, either way.
It's something done here in the US, a scam, like how they charge thousands of dollars to get a single aspirin from the hospital when you're sick.
See, the city collects domestic animals like dogs and cats that have gotten loose on the streets. If you've shelled out money for a microchip and/or a collar and the city picks it up, you get your pet back. If nobody claims the pet because there's no proof that anyone owned it, the city instead sells the animal for an exorbitant fee that's still cheaper than getting a pet from a breeder, and they try to sell this as a good thing by calling it a "rescue." But it's only called a rescue because if they don't sell the animal within a certain amount of time, they just kill it and toss the body in a dumpster like PETA does. Hence, if you buy into their racket, you're "rescuing" the pet from being murdered by the state for the crime of existing in an unapproved way.
So, like I said, a scam. Or a racket? It's capitalism at work, either way.