Do people know there is a difference between “rescuing” and animal and “adopting” an animal ?

Well a kill shelter is not anything something to be rescued from we call them “kill shelters” and it really adds a bad misconstruing to what they do . They actually do the rescuing and when they have to so that they can make room for more rescues they euthanize it’s a tough job it sucks but they are doing something. Now as for you you did a good thing you showed compassion you gave something a shot at happiness and j think that’s awesome but far from rescue. Again MO I’m just enjoying the conversation. Now once I found a pit bull while I was up to no good he was in a rough part of town where people could care less for a dog because the people there are suffering so much. So I decided to get the dog off the streets and take him where he could have at least a chance at a pet life the city shelter, it took hours to gain his trust and get him in the car I did not rescue that dog I did the right thing, again I found a dog in a really bad snow storm no matter how capable a dog is they are not self sufficient like cats I took him in again taking lots of time I made flyers and yes I rescued that dog from freezing to death if the shelter put him down they are being human far to often in today’s times we rely on solely emotion forsaking reason they work so well with each other we shouldn’t do that because again grandeur is dangerous more often than not . People vilify people for buying pure bread dogs and not “rescuing” like they did lies lead to more lies. It’s perfectky fine to buy a well bread dog from a responsible breeder and forgo adopting from a shelter it’s also fine to blow the whistle on irresponsible puppy mills and thus rescue the dogs involved @4meAndyou

@Heysmellthis I disagree on just one thing. Kill shelters do offer pets for adoption, but they usually only keep them for one week. After one week, the pets are euthanized. The Lancaster group I mentioned goes to New York on a regular basis and takes cats who are on their last day. Death would follow for those cats if the Lancaster group did not arrive, so what they do is a real rescue.

I adopted this rescued cat because my previous cat was a genuine rescue, and when he died I missed him very much.

He was a stray, rescued by the woman for whom I worked, and she refused to send him to a kill shelter. She was being relocated to a nursing home by her step-daughter, and I really believe the step-daughter planned to just open the door and let the cat outside and abandon him. We could not even find a non-kill shelter that would take this cat, because he was so old. I did NOT want a cat. I am more of a dog person. But my client was so upset and devastated by the thought of her "baby" going to a kill shelter, I decided to find him a home. Long story short...I couldn't find him a home. He looked horrible. He had fleas and tapeworm and only three teeth...and later one tooth.

So I found out that my apartment building DOES allow pets if you pay, and I paid and had to keep him myself. My client was very messed up mentally, and told me she had taken this cat to the vet, but she never did. The cat cost me $3000.00 in medical bills. But he was sweet. And he had the cutest pink nose.