Best Friends Animal Sanctuary

[TsPoet]

Most of the people I know are not thrilled with the place.
I watched the first episode on Vick's dogs. I cried, I laughed a little, I went to bed feeling ill and so happy that place existed...
and I woke up upset and dismayed.
I can't remember the numbers now, but they discussed one of his dogs that was not adoptable and how much money she was going to cost them a year for the rest of her life - but they'll happily pay it (bring on the tears)... The amount of money the organization I work with could use to save approximately 100 dogs. That's right, 100 adoptable dogs that don't have a chance because we don't have any funding.
I'm not saying those 100 dogs have more right to life than the one dog, but really? Can't the money and expertise they employ there be used to help more?

[badger]

If you want to talk about disparity, how about the local spca I volunteer for? A couple of years ago they lost all public respect because it came to light that the AGM was giving himself huge raises to the point where he was making over $200K!! How he sleeps at night is beyond me, canvassing the public for funds to help the animals when he was stealing from them.

Every place (and people, too) will have their fans and nay-sayers. Poet, you bring up a valid point, but I still think they do right by the animals.

[PamNY]

Itself, sounds like a wonderful trip. I would love to visit Kanab someday.

TsPoet, I understand your frustration, but there's probably no way to bring fairness to animal rescue resources. Best Friends describes itself as a shelter of last resort, so cost per animal is probably high for lots of their residents. Their expertise at publicizing situations like Vick's dogs or Katrina does bring in money (and I don't fault them for that).

One reason I especially enjoyed Dogtown was that I saw some of those people in Tylertown after Katrina, and they really are that good.