contact her attorney.. Any thing to worry about? The application was for some puppies that were in heavy demand, she keep on bugging me and I said to be patient. She says she is going to contact the appropriate agency and determine the legitameny of our Non profit organization, ans she also said I was discriminating against her.
2007-02-22 11:15:25 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Not a thing she can do. As a non-profit pet adoption agency, you can refuse to adopt out any pet or animal for whatever reason you choose - even if you just didn't like the way she was dressed.
Animal shelters all across the country are making all manner of decisions exactly like the one you describe and they don't have to give a list of their reasons for not granting adoptions to anyone. I was once refused at an animal shelter because I couldn't prove my street address. I had an unlisted phone number, so I wasn't in the phone book. I owned my home and it was paid for - in the country - so there was no landlord to call to verify I could have a large dog on my property. All my identification listed my PO Box as my legal address.
I fully understood why they turned me down - there are a whole bunch of creeps out there who want big dogs to roam in junkyards or in commercial lots, or thatmight otherwise end up at the end of a chain on a tree without shelter from inclement weather. They had no way to verify what I said.
By the time I could go home, get a box out of the trash that came to my home address by UPS and a paid phone bill that verified the phone number I had given and get back to the shelter to prove my statements, the dog I wanted had already been adopted by someone else. I was disappointed at the time, but those rules are there to protect the animal and to verify the statements of the otherwise total stranger - me - asking to adopt a dog that had already been rescued from a questionable owner once before.
There are a great many rescue and animal adoption agencies that won't consider adopting out ANY animal without sending a representative to the person's home for an in-home inspection of the premises. They have that right - and so do you.
So no, don't sweat it. Let her call her attorney. Let her fork over money to her attorney to ask for the specifics as to why you turned her down. If she hadn't been so irate and unreasonable, I am sure you would have told her that yourself.
You are not obligated to hand out rescued dogs to just anyone that walks in. Her attorney will benefit financially from her hostility and another dog will be spared the agony of living with an unreasonable human. It's all good for you, your rescue group, her attorney and the dog in question.
Congratulate yourself on a job well done and sleep well tonight.
If you still have doubts, look at the links below and rest assured there are pre-screening forms at almost all animal adoption agencies - and rules that must always be adhered to. And remember - this information is coming to you by someone who was onced turned down at an animal shelter.
Oh, and I might add that I went back 5 months later, still with the UPS box and my old phone bill in the car and was accepted to adopt a different dog.
2007-02-22 11:48:29 · answer #1 · answered by north79004487 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Rescue groups often get dogs from either the owner that doesn't want the dog any more, or from animal control or a larger shelter that cannot keep it. My shelter that I've been with often takes dogs from "kill" shelters and places them in foster homes until they are adopted. If you have the dog, you could turn it over to the group. I would call animal services so that the dog is legally taken away from the owners, and then try to get the dog from animal services. Another option that you have is to go ahead and ask the owners if you can have the dog. Often, they'll say yes. Having a dog that they aren't loving or taking proper care of isn't right. If this family simply can't afford it, but really do love their dog, I'm sure they'd be willing to give it to a better home.
2016-05-24 00:19:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When someone claims discrimination and takes it to a court of law, the burden of proof is on them. If she has no proof that you discriminated against her, she has no case. No attorney would be interested since non-profits have no money anyway. If she contacts an agency, they will simply tell her that you are in fact a non-profit. You file as a non-profit, right? I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, dear. The lady sounds as though she is missing a few screws.
2007-02-22 11:29:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
As a nonprofit organization you are allowed to decide who you give the rescued dogs to.. You have the right to ask to see, at least in pictures, the yard and their home and if its fenced properly. If she was on the list but she didn't get their fast enough she isn't going to get a puppy.
I love when they act like that those particular puppies are the only one's in the world. There are millions of dogs each day that need homes. I wouldn't worry she is probably a crackpot.
2007-02-22 11:28:24 · answer #4 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If the lady in question is wanting to adopt an animal through your organzation, and you refused her without clearly probable reason to do so... then it may be possible there could be a reason to worry. At the very least, it's bad publicity for where you work, and for you personally.
Was the rejection of the applicant due to a legitimate cause for concern on behalf of the animal? Or could it be viewed as the consequence of your own personal bias? I imagine it's unusal to reject an application for animal adoption, except in some kind of extreme instance... I'd be more careful about that sort of thing, especially when an applicant is expressing an obvious sincerity about adopting the animal.
2007-02-22 11:30:13 · answer #5 · answered by WhooHoo! 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Well as long as your non-profit paperwork is in order I think you have nothing to fear. If push comes to shove and she does file a case against your group you'll have the proof in the other adoption applications that it wasn't a case of discrimination, just high demand. I hope she just goes away.
Thank you for the work you do in rescue.
2007-02-22 11:25:36 · answer #6 · answered by Scruffy Dog 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
discrimination for WHAT? let her do what she has to do. if your organization is legit, you have nothing to worry about. is there more people in line before her to get these puppies? if that's the case, eff her. a hot head doesn't need a dog any way. that would be 1 strike against her in my book to not let her adopt. i'd be worried about the way she cared and disciplined a puppy.
they're babies and need a calm, assertive parent. not a person who throws a tantrum if things don't go her way. i'd put a RED FLAG on her app. that say's Do Not Adopt To!!!
2007-02-22 11:25:25 · answer #7 · answered by dog whisperer 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I wouldn't sweat it-she doesn't sound like an animal lover to me. An attorney isn't likely to take such a case for free, and what would she gain by paying to harrass you? People can be real jerks some times.
2007-02-22 11:20:38 · answer #8 · answered by hoodoowoman 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
were you discriminating against her? If not don't worry about it. You have the right to find the appropriate home for these puppies and what makes her special?
2007-02-22 13:26:15 · answer #9 · answered by katie d 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Sounds like you made the best decision as long as your ducks are in a row... legally I would say let that monkey off your back
2007-02-23 00:36:12 · answer #10 · answered by mpwflowers 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋