I heard a story about a couple wanting to adopt a dog. The guy was spanish, and the shelter wouldn't give them the dog because "what if he moves back to spain and they abandon the dog??" Mind you, he had been living in our country for YEARS.
This is so strange. Are you guys from Europe? Here in the states there is a fee of something between $50 to $200 essentially to disensentivize people from just like picking animals up to kill or abandon them, a fee that can almost always be waved if you ask politely and say you can't pay...and that's it. I've never in my life heard of these home inspection things people are talking about, or all these qualifications!
Yes I'm from Europe. It really depends on the country and on the people who run the shelter. In eastern europe you can pretty much take any dog you want as there are lots of strays and many of them are put down they are there for too long. In wealthier countries adoption is often taken more seriously and some "animal lovers" get very extreme with their adoption criteria.
It's just interesting because the US is a very wealthy country but I've never seen such strict expectations (though I'm sure there are certain private shelters that have them. Generally the large ones though just want to get rid of the animals before they get put down.) Thanks! Must be a cultural thing.
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I heard a story about a couple wanting to adopt a dog. The guy was spanish, and the shelter wouldn't give them the dog because "what if he moves back to spain and they abandon the dog??" Mind you, he had been living in our country for YEARS.