I *completely* agree with Aly... especially about "sanctuaries". Recently, our ASPCA found a "sanctuary" in a small local house, the woman claimed she fostered and rescued dogs, but they were all filthy, starved, and breeding. She was more of a collector than a savior... maybe her intentions were good at first, but its completely wrong to go on like that if you know you cannot take care of 40 dogs. I'm really glad that there are good people out there that can save some of these pups.
eww... I really think 20/20 is just desperately trying to find some "scandal" to uncover.
I totally agree with Aly about ASPCA's too... all of the ASPCA's I've seen have been unbelievably awesome!! The dogs are all kept in huge rooms, with at least one big bed and a bunch of toys and kongs and hours or playtime everyday in a large yard. They even have simulated living rooms, with couches and chairs, where 3-4 dogs hang out and people get to meet them. The cat rooms are awesome, even though they have 100+ cats at any time, each gets their own room with cat trees, slats to climb for exercise and totally clean boxes. Plus they have at least 5 "cat colonies" for a small group of cat-friendly cats, which are huge rooms with tons of toys, tunnels, and cat trees. They don't euthanize anyone, socialize and evaluate temperaments, go everywhere they can to hold adoption seminars, etc. And I can't say I believe they make very much money at all. I personally know that an officer for the ASPCA makes $50,000 per year, tops. And that is nothing for California
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