Additionally, communities fall victim to these highly organized “transports” who move in quickly, set up shop. Wings of Rescue, ASPCA and even Best Friends are waiting in the wings for hurricanes, fires, tornadoes. They immediately start on social media begging for money-all day long— raising millions and moving dogs FAST, before owners can claim…move them all over the country, dogs literally disappear into high kill shelters. There is ZERO TRANSPARENCY. from these organizations -Best Friends, Wings of Rescue, ASPCA.
They use these disasters, the chaos of devastated families and orphaned animals as fundraising cash cow opportunities. In LA after the fires- Best Friends /Wings of Rescue was part of a debacle that sent dogs to Dallas Texas- that fosters in LA WANTED TO ADOPT! Adopters were denied and lied to- they were told the dogs already had “families waiting for them on the tarmac” when they arrived. Instead, there were no families, and just as they had preplanned- dogs were checked in the Dallas shelter for days-then taken to a highly publicized adoption event commending themselves for saving “LA fire dogs” and yes, many adopted. We have the entire paper trail. They actually displaced the hundreds of dogs ALREADY at the shelter waiting for homes. Wonder how many were euthanized later? We also know at least $45,000 was given for this transport by a local charity. Huge paycheck on every transport. Despicable manipulation on so many levels.
Dogs are used as disposable fundraising props. It’s been happening since Hurricane Katrina. In most cases, once that plane leaves the tarmac the dogs are gone… often sent to high kill shelters- no news of them again.. FYI- there are no cities in the US that aren’t suffering from a pet overpopulation problem right now, musical chairs with dogs does not solve or help the problem. The dogs are gone- never given a second thought and they are on to begging for money again for the next transport.
Rinse and repeat as many times as possible during a single disaster.
Interesting. I had not seen this before—do you have any article links or sources on this? I am completely aware of predatory practices within the animal welfare industry, but the deceptive removal of animals under the guise of "rescue" should absolutely be investigated.
Many people assume that these organizations have the best interests of animals at heart, but when you start looking into their financials, it tells a different story. While I fully support capitalism, I find it appalling that some of these so-called “nonprofits” pay their executives obscene salaries—upwards of $800,000—while claiming to be dedicated to saving and fostering animals. That is not charity; that is corporate greed hiding behind the emotional appeal of rescue work.
If factual, this is disaster profiteering. At the very least, there should be mandatory transparency in these operations. Where do these animals go? Are they actually being adopted, or are they simply being shuffled around the country as part of a never-ending game of “musical shelters”? If these organizations truly cared about the animals, they would provide detailed tracking, public adoption records, and actual solutions to the pet overpopulation crisis instead of profiting off of it.
This issue deserves more attention, and if there is evidence to support these claims, it should be exposed. If you have documentation or sources, I’d love to see them. This type of exploitation needs to be held accountable. I am curious, were not these animals at least chip-scanned?
Additionally, communities fall victim to these highly organized “transports” who move in quickly, set up shop. Wings of Rescue, ASPCA and even Best Friends are waiting in the wings for hurricanes, fires, tornadoes. They immediately start on social media begging for money-all day long— raising millions and moving dogs FAST, before owners can claim…move them all over the country, dogs literally disappear into high kill shelters. There is ZERO TRANSPARENCY. from these organizations -Best Friends, Wings of Rescue, ASPCA.
They use these disasters, the chaos of devastated families and orphaned animals as fundraising cash cow opportunities. In LA after the fires- Best Friends /Wings of Rescue was part of a debacle that sent dogs to Dallas Texas- that fosters in LA WANTED TO ADOPT! Adopters were denied and lied to- they were told the dogs already had “families waiting for them on the tarmac” when they arrived. Instead, there were no families, and just as they had preplanned- dogs were checked in the Dallas shelter for days-then taken to a highly publicized adoption event commending themselves for saving “LA fire dogs” and yes, many adopted. We have the entire paper trail. They actually displaced the hundreds of dogs ALREADY at the shelter waiting for homes. Wonder how many were euthanized later? We also know at least $45,000 was given for this transport by a local charity. Huge paycheck on every transport. Despicable manipulation on so many levels.
Dogs are used as disposable fundraising props. It’s been happening since Hurricane Katrina. In most cases, once that plane leaves the tarmac the dogs are gone… often sent to high kill shelters- no news of them again.. FYI- there are no cities in the US that aren’t suffering from a pet overpopulation problem right now, musical chairs with dogs does not solve or help the problem. The dogs are gone- never given a second thought and they are on to begging for money again for the next transport.
Rinse and repeat as many times as possible during a single disaster.
Interesting. I had not seen this before—do you have any article links or sources on this? I am completely aware of predatory practices within the animal welfare industry, but the deceptive removal of animals under the guise of "rescue" should absolutely be investigated.
Many people assume that these organizations have the best interests of animals at heart, but when you start looking into their financials, it tells a different story. While I fully support capitalism, I find it appalling that some of these so-called “nonprofits” pay their executives obscene salaries—upwards of $800,000—while claiming to be dedicated to saving and fostering animals. That is not charity; that is corporate greed hiding behind the emotional appeal of rescue work.
If factual, this is disaster profiteering. At the very least, there should be mandatory transparency in these operations. Where do these animals go? Are they actually being adopted, or are they simply being shuffled around the country as part of a never-ending game of “musical shelters”? If these organizations truly cared about the animals, they would provide detailed tracking, public adoption records, and actual solutions to the pet overpopulation crisis instead of profiting off of it.
This issue deserves more attention, and if there is evidence to support these claims, it should be exposed. If you have documentation or sources, I’d love to see them. This type of exploitation needs to be held accountable. I am curious, were not these animals at least chip-scanned?