That's what I was thinking. Especially when she gave me the name of the place and when I looked it up online, it said it was a Humane Society. I told her that's definitely not true for a Humane Society because 1. They couldn't afford it since they do not get government funding and 2. They probably get enough donations to suffice.

I was trying really hard to explain to her the difference between a HS and a pound.

When I worked at our HS, we got a ton of donations but we actually fed our dogs and cats something along the lines of Burns Hollistic(I believe it was called, really healthy stuff) and usually gave the donated food to people who couldn't afford pet food or to the wildlife sanctuary.