Tried to adopt a kitten, waited 3 hours just to be told the kitten was adopted already. This place has terrible management and I feel so bad for all the animals.
Absolutely ridiculous. The mismanagement at this foundation is unacceptable. There are animals that need homes, and they can't seem to get themselves together and the animals are the ones that suffer.
It isnt just incompetency, it is also the rules they have in place to adopt out, most places require you own a home with a large yard with good fence, a clean house, and most want you to pay handsomely just to get a dog, when you can do the same thing on craigslist with NONE of the hassle.
I absolutely agree with what everyone is saying here. New good leaderships needed that would bring order, process improvements on ease of vetting potential new fosters and pet parents. Their online information should also be updated constantly with current statuses of their available animals.
This breaks my heart so bad. I too had a bad experience and ended up just using Craigslist for my dogs and responded to people needing to rehome dogs. I hope this situation gets resolved
Whoever is in charge needs to be fired. Last dog I adopted in another state took all of 20 min. The dog still needed to be spaded but how they do it is you leave a deposit and when you bring proof of the procedure the deposit is returned.
Twenty minutes to adopt a dog? You must have went to a city run dog pound. There, they don't care where the animal goes as long as they get rid of it. They don't do background checks to see if you've been arrested for animal abuse. Just take a copy of your driver's license (sometimes) and take your money and out the door you go. Yea, that's a real responsible way to treat innocent animals who may end up in abusive homes or as a bait animal for a dog fighter.
This is a systemic problem. Everything in this country that used to function just fine for decades has suddenly become dysfunctional af. It’s like they are trying their hardest to make everything as inefficient as possible. There is zero regard for customer service. Try complaining to RUclips about something. It’s a massive company and I don’t think they even have a complaint department. You wouldn’t see this kind of thing in America 15 years ago. Suddenly it’s like we are in the USSR. Welcome to the USSA.
He wanted to adopt Gunner not foster him , why leave a dog in a foster home taking up a space when there is a forever home waiting for that dog ? No wonder they have so many dogs , they dont have a clue what they are doing . smdh
They are horrible! I adopted 2 animals in the past, in 2003 and 2014 and it wasn't like this! I tried to adopt because her brother died in April and she hasn't been eating. I thought I was doing something nice for her. Her well being was the only reason why I was down there now. I will never go to the animal foundation after what they did to me and my dog. I tried bringing my dog to meet they no longer do this, and I had no idea how horrible the wait was. I keep kept checking on my dog and they took her out of my car, never looked for me, it wasn't hot, all windows were down and she had water, now I have to go to court. Not to mention when they brought her out to me they were dragging her.
These people in charge of management need to get their shit together. Its beyond ridiculous. They need to get all of their shit, out it together in a bag. And get it together. Immediately.
This is the problem with rescues now days, tbh so many of these organizations are just as bad as the people they claim to be protecting animals from. I don't live in Vegas but my local shelter refuses to allow me to foster, because I have "too many dogs" I have 2 dogs that are absolutely wonderful training assistants, my younger dog is very much a momma dog that does not take anything from puppies but doesn't hurt them just correct them. My older dog is my absolute work horse, she helps teach them to be calm in public and not to be scared of strangers. My dogs are both on and off leash trained and we go for a mile+ walk, hike, run, or bike daily....I have gotten to the point that I refused to even speak with the local shelters and most of the "rescues". Hell most of them don't even know that a large dog shouldn't be neutered before he is done growing as testosterone is what closes the growth plates in dogs, remove that by cut off a male's nuts and he will most definitely have issues down the road....
they normally make u wait long, all they do is talk and talk and sit there and do nothing… i have waited over 3 hrs on normal days, little people and they just process everything slow, they send more time sitting and talking to each other then assisting customers
Read an adoption contract. Most of them say that you do not in fact own the pet, and that they can come and get it anytime that they feel you're not taking appropriate care of it. They also make other weird demands and conditions. The microchip is supposed to stay registered to them, they can inspect your house at any time with no notice...ect. . A friend of mine fostered two tiny bottle baby kittens last year. She fell in love with them of course and adopted them through the rescue. She recently moved from her house into a 2 bedroom apartment which allows pets. The rescue found out and took the cats. She is so heartbroken. It's ridiculous.
That’s a rescue that did that. Not the Animal Foundation. They never come to your house 😅 The “rule” though they put into the contract is via Animal Control.. not so much AF. Because they have the Animal Control contract. I understand the frustration but this is not on topic and is a moot point.
What was wrong about moving into apt, when it did allowed pets? That's weird I never heard that before. And I used to work at a cat shelter where I live.
This organization is a disorganized mess. They need to streamline their system and get the flow of people and pets moving a lot more quickly. Competent people with their priorities in order would fix this.
all shelters are overcrowded due to the rules they have put in place that make it impossible to adopt for the vast majority of people. Just because someone lives in an apartment doesn't mean that they cannot provide a good life for a dog, yet 99% of shelters won't adopt to you.
@@ms55938 I give a lot but if no one is there to secure their foster or adoption then why advertise??? the same thing they did to us during covid. listen not everyone out there has their heart into a job. people have said they waited for more than 8 hours. What are the animals being treated like if they can’t keep their agreement with prospective adopters. How much more do we need to hear and see before we get that they’re the ones that don’t give a damn.
They need to go back to the way it used to be. Way too much admin BS to go through. This exact location, you used to be able to just show up and look at available dogs all by yourself. Clark county needs to cut the funding until they revert back to the original self guided style that I'm 100% sure got orders of magnitude more dogs into forever homes.
The woman should have waited b4 BUYING til the last few months, when the puppy stores have to shut down. What about dewey/Lied? Could they take now that they got rid of their corrupt, $$ thief ceo?
Aside from the long waits its the extremely high cost they charge on dogs especially. I mean people can get dogs from a pet store for same prices as puppies and not worry about a mistreated older dog being aggressive towards family members or incessantly barking. I looked at my local shelter's website and they want $700 for mutt puppies. I mean get real. You wanna quickly get dogs a forever home and save them? Then be realistic.
$700 is ridiculous. I know they want the facility to be fiscally independent but getting those pets adopted out to good, willing families should be the priority.
They should have done a story on how they lock them dogs up !! In tin cages hundreds of dogs then make you wait hours to adopt as if they are processing the dog out of prison !!
Instead of concentrating on building homes and staying vacant after being built why not make a much much much bigger animal foundation for this beautiful animals who may had a very rough life who knows what they all might have gone threw and hire a much bigger staff this is ridiculous. They need a bigger foundation here in Las Vegas and a lot more staff. My heart breaks every time I see this news. Wish I can take all home but it’s impossible. I don’t know what they are doing behind those doors are they really helping the dogs are they really feeding them who knows are they cleaning after them!!!!
They should have neuter and spay vouchers so that the adoption people will take the pet home and bring it back to get fixed. Sign a paperwork that they are required to return for spay/neuter services or face a fine
They do actually have that and gave those out during the pandemic when they refused to spay/neuter. Since so many left the shelter, they lost track of keeping up on it and a lot of people didn't go back. Very unfortunate since hundreds of animals they didn't get fixed by the adopter.
who ever runs this dump need to get fired, the reason why they take long is because they take their dear time, i have seen them sit and talk more them what they process a dog, and once u pick one and ur name is called, that dog is not available or not ready 2 come home, been there done that!! i froster dogs from here and all they do is put escuses and give out the most ugliest dog with medical condition! all the nice ones cost like $200
Poorly managed rescue. I made an appointment at my local overcrowded rescue, and left with a dog in under an hour. Immediately after I left, I checked out their website, and the dog I adopted was no longer on the site. Just sounds like a disorganized mess.
And that's why people buy instead of adoption. It's the shelters own fault for making everything so difficult. Why sent out a state of emergency when they are incapable of doing business.
I'm not waiting. It's just not that deep to me. You either have my dog ready or you don't. Maybe if they streamlined things online they won't have to deal with slow personnel and queuing issues.
@@denisemiller9921 they open at 11 AM and I was told to come at 10:30 AM the next day because the waiting lists is full and while in the lists there’s no guarantee. On their website you can choose your preferred pet if available and get their Pet ID and photo. The next day I arrived at 9 AM with my water, chair and umbrella but there are already 3 persons in line; I was no 4. Fortunately, those 2 ahead are looking for dogs while the girl no 3 is wanting a kitten but her choice is Berry and I want my kitten Mario. Upon opening at 11 AM, there are already 45 people on line and a liaison came out to meet us and register us on his I-Pad asking our preferred pet no and photo with an option to pick 2 pets just in case the priority choice is not approved. When I entered, i received a text that my line no is 4 and received a link to confirm your arrival. Afterwards, I went to my kitten room and there were 5 people wanting my Mario but fortunately I am no 4 they were at the bottom. I checked my status and the waiting lists approved only 19 people so those 26 among the 45 in line were sent home. They interviewed me if I am qualified to adopt with background check I think. After approval I paid for the adoption fee depending on the pet, condition and if you are a veteran or healthcare which have discount just show ID. After that they guided me to my Mario and scanned him and adopted at 2 PM. Many got dismayed when they saw Mario being taken but like this foundation is saying first come first serve, be there early at least in the top 10 on waiting lists and verify with people in line what are they getting. Mario is the sweetest kitten and I have no regret. 🥰
Start laws that do totaly away with backyard breeders,,,All the Nordic countrys did it and they have not many strays,,,,and some surrendered dogs n cats,,,, their shelters are half empty….
YOUR asking to HELP the Foundation>>>NO NO NO>>>>>>>>> You just reported that even if people follow all that steps>>>Its going to take over 10hr. wait for two days. THAT IS BS>>>WHO is making money here. It's got to be someone. I have been posting this on EVERY news clip asking for help for the Animal Foundation.......TO LONG OF WAIT AND NOT organized AT all. ALSO, they do not fix the dogs until adopted.>>That is BS they should fix them as they come in.
I'm so sick of hearing people bitch about not being able to walk into an animal shelter and walk out with an animal in 20 minutes. These shelters are overflowing because of people that abandon their animal there or on the street. Do you really think that a shelter is suppose to just hand over an animal to anyone who wants it without doing any background checks or asking any questions and maybe put the dog or cat back with another irresponsible owner? Most shelters have very little paid staff and volunteer staff are not always reliable so when they are overcrowded with animals meeting with people who want to adopt can take time. Most legitimate animal rescues have you fill out an adoption application ahead of time so the shelter can judge to whether you would be a responsible owner or the dog would be a good fit for your lifestyle so the animal does not end up chained in a backyard forgotten, dumped or turned in to a shelter again. Adopting an animal to someone should be all about the animal, that it's going to someone who will care for it, not abuse it and make it part of the family. It's not about your damn convenience in the process. And damn 8 News Las Vegas for this article. It only hurts the animals! The shelter is doing their best FOR THE ANIMALS!
@@HJ-jy7fw Wacky? Because I care about animals I'm "emotionally unstable"? I've been in the animal rescue business for years and most people don't see a quarter of what rescuers see. The neglect, abuse and down right cruelty is heartbreaking and that is why we try to make sure the animal doesn't end back up in another bad home. I denied many people from adopting a dog from me and that's the norm for most legitimate animal rescues. Apparently if you ran the shelter you'd just hand dogs out to anyone just to get rid of them. The shelter may be running on limited staff and/or volunteers and are doing the best they can. Bashing the shelter only hurts the animals.
You apparently never visited this location before they "improved?" . You could enter without an appointment, look at the dogs that were there. If you found one that struck your fancy then you asked a volunteer for help visiting with the dog. Everyone was happy, it worked well. They very literally screwed a perfectly working system. In turn making it damn near impossible to even look at dogs in person to see if you even connect. I tried, attempted to make an appointment (during non emergency dog time 2 years ago) no appointments. Tried to go to the shelter in person to get on a waiting list, sorry it's full. It is unfortunate that the way that it is currently run is making craigslist and other backyard breeders the only viable alternative, exacerbating the problem.
They’re not doing background checks… only looking if your name pops up in Animal Control database. That’s instant. This was NOT the case years ago at Animal Foundation so this is CURRENT bad management. I don’t think you have a clue about Animal Foundation specifically.
@@honeycandy5741 Some have medical conditions because of irresponsible owners who would rather get rid of the dog than take it to the vet for treatment.
Yeah, and then they want you to fill out a 10 page long application detailing your entire life history and pay some asinine fee of like $400 for adoption... that's how it is here, anyways. These rescues need to reassess their adoption policies.
You should check with local vets and find out the price of a vet visit, vaccinations, heart worm check, test and medications for intestinal parasites, spay or neuter, microchip. That's what the adoption fee is for. But I guess you think the rescue should not be able to re-coup any of that money and just give you the dog. Most rescues have at least $400 in vet bills for each animal they take in and if the dog needs dental work or has an injury that needs to be treated your talking a lot more. ,And if the poor thing is positive for heart worms they're looking at anywhere from $500 to $1000 to treat so get off your damn high horse to think a rescue should give animals away and not check the background to see if they are placing the animal with someone responsible. If you don't see the reasoning behind their adoption application or reasonable adoption fee than you probably wouldn't want to spend any money on the animal if it were to become injured or sick.
They nred to be greatful the publics willing to help...only to be put thru crap. Figure out a quicker way, and bless the young man for sticking to it, for his buddys dog. I hope it worked out for everyone
Tried to adopt a kitten, waited 3 hours just to be told the kitten was adopted already. This place has terrible management and I feel so bad for all the animals.
They need to fix this. So many people want to help.. WOW
I was lucky and got to adopt a dog the same day I heard of him. He was at the SPCA for three months. We love him..
Absolutely ridiculous. The mismanagement at this foundation is unacceptable. There are animals that need homes, and they can't seem to get themselves together and the animals are the ones that suffer.
Fire the entire management crew! Every last one of them! Incompetent is putting it nicely!
They just hired a whole new staff last year!!
It isnt just incompetency, it is also the rules they have in place to adopt out, most places require you own a home with a large yard with good fence, a clean house, and most want you to pay handsomely just to get a dog, when you can do the same thing on craigslist with NONE of the hassle.
They need to make changes starting with who ever is on top of the pecking order
Agreed. Bad management.
I absolutely agree with what everyone is saying here. New good leaderships needed that would bring order, process improvements on ease of vetting potential new fosters and pet parents. Their online information should also be updated constantly with current statuses of their available animals.
This breaks my heart so bad. I too had a bad experience and ended up just using Craigslist for my dogs and responded to people needing to rehome dogs. I hope this situation gets resolved
Whoever is in charge needs to be fired. Last dog I adopted in another state took all of 20 min. The dog still needed to be spaded but how they do it is you leave a deposit and when you bring proof of the procedure the deposit is returned.
Twenty minutes to adopt a dog? You must have went to a city run dog pound. There, they don't care where the animal goes as long as they get rid of it. They don't do background checks to see if you've been arrested for animal abuse. Just take a copy of your driver's license (sometimes) and take your money and out the door you go. Yea, that's a real responsible way to treat innocent animals who may end up in abusive homes or as a bait animal for a dog fighter.
This is a systemic problem. Everything in this country that used to function just fine for decades has suddenly become dysfunctional af. It’s like they are trying their hardest to make everything as inefficient as possible. There is zero regard for customer service. Try complaining to RUclips about something. It’s a massive company and I don’t think they even have a complaint department. You wouldn’t see this kind of thing in America 15 years ago. Suddenly it’s like we are in the USSR. Welcome to the USSA.
Gunner is just in a foster home. They can bring the dog back, so the man can adopt him. Foster can then take another dog home to foster.
He wanted to adopt Gunner not foster him , why leave a dog in a foster home taking up a space when there is a forever home waiting for that dog ? No wonder they have so many dogs , they dont have a clue what they are doing . smdh
What a mess! And why didn't the reporter speak with someone that actually works there to find out what's going on???
Agree! But they probably wouldn't have talked to her anyways and if they did they would have lied.
They are horrible! I adopted 2 animals in the past, in 2003 and 2014 and it wasn't like this! I tried to adopt because her brother died in April and she hasn't been eating. I thought I was doing something nice for her. Her well being was the only reason why I was down there now. I will never go to the animal foundation after what they did to me and my dog. I tried bringing my dog to meet they no longer do this, and I had no idea how horrible the wait was. I keep kept checking on my dog and they took her out of my car, never looked for me, it wasn't hot, all windows were down and she had water, now I have to go to court. Not to mention when they brought her out to me they were dragging her.
What’s the whole point of an Appointment if you have to wait 10 hrs???? They need new leadership & mgmt to be more efficient
These people in charge of management need to get their shit together. Its beyond ridiculous. They need to get all of their shit, out it together in a bag. And get it together. Immediately.
Crazy just crazy
Your friend should have given you the dog
Just what I was thinking.
This is the problem with rescues now days, tbh so many of these organizations are just as bad as the people they claim to be protecting animals from. I don't live in Vegas but my local shelter refuses to allow me to foster, because I have "too many dogs" I have 2 dogs that are absolutely wonderful training assistants, my younger dog is very much a momma dog that does not take anything from puppies but doesn't hurt them just correct them. My older dog is my absolute work horse, she helps teach them to be calm in public and not to be scared of strangers. My dogs are both on and off leash trained and we go for a mile+ walk, hike, run, or bike daily....I have gotten to the point that I refused to even speak with the local shelters and most of the "rescues". Hell most of them don't even know that a large dog shouldn't be neutered before he is done growing as testosterone is what closes the growth plates in dogs, remove that by cut off a male's nuts and he will most definitely have issues down the road....
Why can’t we replace the whole organization, don’t get it man.
they normally make u wait long, all they do is talk and talk and sit there and do nothing… i have waited over 3 hrs on normal days, little people and they just process everything slow, they send more time sitting and talking to each other then assisting customers
Read an adoption contract. Most of them say that you do not in fact own the pet, and that they can come and get it anytime that they feel you're not taking appropriate care of it. They also make other weird demands and conditions. The microchip is supposed to stay registered to them, they can inspect your house at any time with no notice...ect. .
A friend of mine fostered two tiny bottle baby kittens last year. She fell in love with them of course and adopted them through the rescue. She recently moved from her house into a 2 bedroom apartment which allows pets. The rescue found out and took the cats. She is so heartbroken.
It's ridiculous.
But it's
you pretty much own the dog when you adopt them it's not the selters property
@@mattschehr163 sadly this is not the case in many rescue and shelter contracts.
That’s a rescue that did that. Not the Animal Foundation.
They never come to your house 😅
The “rule” though they put into the contract is via Animal Control.. not so much AF.
Because they have the Animal Control contract.
I understand the frustration but this is not on topic and is a moot point.
What was wrong about moving into apt, when it did allowed pets? That's weird I never heard that before. And I used to work at a cat shelter where I live.
This organization is a disorganized mess. They need to streamline their system and get the flow of people and pets moving a lot more quickly. Competent people with their priorities in order would fix this.
Denver shelters are being flooded as well
Wow
all shelters are overcrowded due to the rules they have put in place that make it impossible to adopt for the vast majority of people. Just because someone lives in an apartment doesn't mean that they cannot provide a good life for a dog, yet 99% of shelters won't adopt to you.
This place is in disarray they need to get organized and be properly funded...
close the place down they’re not responsible
And what about all the animals they take in and keep safe? Apparently you don't give a damn.
@@ms55938
I give a lot but if no one is there to secure their foster or adoption then why advertise??? the same thing they did to us during covid. listen not everyone out there has their heart into a job. people have said they waited for more than 8 hours. What are the animals being treated like if they can’t keep their agreement with prospective adopters. How much more do we need to hear and see before we get that they’re the ones that don’t give a damn.
No need to shut it down. Just change management and oust that CEO.
She’s awful.
They need to go back to the way it used to be. Way too much admin BS to go through. This exact location, you used to be able to just show up and look at available dogs all by yourself. Clark county needs to cut the funding until they revert back to the original self guided style that I'm 100% sure got orders of magnitude more dogs into forever homes.
This must be why illegal puppy mills are so successful. I’m sure that the shelter hates puppy mills, yet they seem to be helping them thrive.
People are trash. If you invite a dog into your home, the dog becomes family. If you are not willing to care for the dog, then don't Fn get it.
100% agree. Some people treat them like toys.
Sounds like this place is very mismanaged.
And this is why people buy instead of adopt
I "adopt" just not from shelters, craigslist is a massive friend to get around shelters bullshit.
The woman should have waited b4 BUYING til the last few months, when the puppy stores have to shut down.
What about dewey/Lied? Could they take now that they got rid of their corrupt, $$ thief ceo?
Pocketed millions
An has that dog been fixed to reduce the abundent pet population
Aside from the long waits its the extremely high cost they charge on dogs especially. I mean people can get dogs from a pet store for same prices as puppies and not worry about a mistreated older dog being aggressive towards family members or incessantly barking. I looked at my local shelter's website and they want $700 for mutt puppies. I mean get real. You wanna quickly get dogs a forever home and save them? Then be realistic.
$700 is ridiculous. I know they want the facility to be fiscally independent but getting those pets adopted out to good, willing families should be the priority.
The Animal Foundation never charges that.
You’re talking about individual rescue groups.
STAY on topic.
WTF
Those places have gotten crazy
Another L for Vegas……
They should have done a story on how they lock them dogs up !! In tin cages hundreds of dogs then make you wait hours to adopt as if they are processing the dog out of prison !!
It goes both ways. If the centre wants animals out then they have to step up. What is their problem.
Instead of concentrating on building homes and staying vacant after being built why not make a much much much bigger animal foundation for this beautiful animals who may had a very rough life who knows what they all might have gone threw and hire a much bigger staff this is ridiculous. They need a bigger foundation here in Las Vegas and a lot more staff. My heart breaks every time I see this news. Wish I can take all home but it’s impossible. I don’t know what they are doing behind those doors are they really helping the dogs are they really feeding them who knows are they cleaning after them!!!!
I adopted my dog in that place. No regrets 🥰
They threaten the rescues for posting animals on the kill list.
They only let you see one dog at a time. I assumed I could walk the cages and pick any that were available, but no.
That how they used to do it. You didn’t even need an appointment. This new way puts up a lot of roadblocks.
They should have neuter and spay vouchers so that the adoption people will take the pet home and bring it back to get fixed. Sign a paperwork that they are required to return for spay/neuter services or face a fine
They do actually have that and gave those out during the pandemic when they refused to spay/neuter. Since so many left the shelter, they lost track of keeping up on it and a lot of people didn't go back. Very unfortunate since hundreds of animals they didn't get fixed by the adopter.
who ever runs this dump need to get fired, the reason why they take long is because they take their dear time, i have seen them sit and talk more them what they process a dog, and once u pick one and ur name is called, that dog is not available or not ready 2 come home, been there done that!! i froster dogs from here and all they do is put escuses and give out the most ugliest dog with medical condition! all the nice ones cost like $200
Please be patient. Those poor criatures need a family. But they are very short staff
Administration cost seem to be to high and down size is needed or pay cut
Poorly managed rescue. I made an appointment at my local overcrowded rescue, and left with a dog in under an hour. Immediately after I left, I checked out their website, and the dog I adopted was no longer on the site. Just sounds like a disorganized mess.
Sure it’s a money thing!!
They put a heavy price on them for adopting
And that's why people buy instead of adoption. It's the shelters own fault for making everything so difficult. Why sent out a state of emergency when they are incapable of doing business.
Ive run into issues because i havent spayed my dog. Its unnecessary if youre a responsible owner.
I'm not waiting. It's just not that deep to me. You either have my dog ready or you don't. Maybe if they streamlined things online they won't have to deal with slow personnel and queuing issues.
The first day I did not make it but I was told to come early the next day and I did. After 5 hours of waiting I was able to get my kitten Mario.
What was early?
Were you 1st in line?
@@denisemiller9921 they open at 11 AM and I was told to come at 10:30 AM the next day because the waiting lists is full and while in the lists there’s no guarantee. On their website you can choose your preferred pet if available and get their Pet ID and photo. The next day I arrived at 9 AM with my water, chair and umbrella but there are already 3 persons in line; I was no 4. Fortunately, those 2 ahead are looking for dogs while the girl no 3 is wanting a kitten but her choice is Berry and I want my kitten Mario. Upon opening at 11 AM, there are already 45 people on line and a liaison came out to meet us and register us on his I-Pad asking our preferred pet no and photo with an option to pick 2 pets just in case the priority choice is not approved. When I entered, i received a text that my line no is 4 and received a link to confirm your arrival. Afterwards, I went to my kitten room and there were 5 people wanting my Mario but fortunately I am no 4 they were at the bottom. I checked my status and the waiting lists approved only 19 people so those 26 among the 45 in line were sent home. They interviewed me if I am qualified to adopt with background check I think. After approval I paid for the adoption fee depending on the pet, condition and if you are a veteran or healthcare which have discount just show ID. After that they guided me to my Mario and scanned him and adopted at 2 PM. Many got dismayed when they saw Mario being taken but like this foundation is saying first come first serve, be there early at least in the top 10 on waiting lists and verify with people in line what are they getting. Mario is the sweetest kitten and I have no regret. 🥰
Should like a poorly run foundation.
Ridiculous!
Wow, get some help!
Start laws that do totaly away with backyard breeders,,,All the Nordic countrys did it and they have not many strays,,,,and some surrendered dogs n cats,,,, their shelters are half empty….
YOUR asking to HELP the Foundation>>>NO NO NO>>>>>>>>>
You just reported that even if people follow all that steps>>>Its going to take over 10hr. wait for two days.
THAT IS BS>>>WHO is making money here. It's got to be someone.
I have been posting this on EVERY news clip asking for help for the Animal Foundation.......TO LONG OF WAIT AND NOT organized AT all.
ALSO, they do not fix the dogs until adopted.>>That is BS they should fix them as they come in.
Easier to adopt a kid
That place sucks
I'm so sick of hearing people bitch about not being able to walk into an animal shelter and walk out with an animal in 20 minutes. These shelters are overflowing because of people that abandon their animal there or on the street. Do you really think that a shelter is suppose to just hand over an animal to anyone who wants it without doing any background checks or asking any questions and maybe put the dog or cat back with another irresponsible owner? Most shelters have very little paid staff and volunteer staff are not always reliable so when they are overcrowded with animals meeting with people who want to adopt can take time. Most legitimate animal rescues have you fill out an adoption application ahead of time so the shelter can judge to whether you would be a responsible owner or the dog would be a good fit for your lifestyle so the animal does not end up chained in a backyard forgotten, dumped or turned in to a shelter again. Adopting an animal to someone should be all about the animal, that it's going to someone who will care for it, not abuse it and make it part of the family. It's not about your damn convenience in the process. And damn 8 News Las Vegas for this article. It only hurts the animals! The shelter is doing their best FOR THE ANIMALS!
@@HJ-jy7fw Wacky? Because I care about animals I'm "emotionally unstable"? I've been in the animal rescue business for years and most people don't see a quarter of what rescuers see. The neglect, abuse and down right cruelty is heartbreaking and that is why we try to make sure the animal doesn't end back up in another bad home. I denied many people from adopting a dog from me and that's the norm for most legitimate animal rescues. Apparently if you ran the shelter you'd just hand dogs out to anyone just to get rid of them. The shelter may be running on limited staff and/or volunteers and are doing the best they can. Bashing the shelter only hurts the animals.
You apparently never visited this location before they "improved?" . You could enter without an appointment, look at the dogs that were there. If you found one that struck your fancy then you asked a volunteer for help visiting with the dog. Everyone was happy, it worked well. They very literally screwed a perfectly working system. In turn making it damn near impossible to even look at dogs in person to see if you even connect. I tried, attempted to make an appointment (during non emergency dog time 2 years ago) no appointments. Tried to go to the shelter in person to get on a waiting list, sorry it's full.
It is unfortunate that the way that it is currently run is making craigslist and other backyard breeders the only viable alternative, exacerbating the problem.
Agree
They’re not doing background checks… only looking if your name pops up in Animal Control database. That’s instant. This was NOT the case years ago at Animal Foundation so this is CURRENT bad management.
I don’t think you have a clue about Animal Foundation specifically.
Stop taking in dogs 😂 there better on the streets at least they don’t get killed
Pls no. They get killed by getting run over and coyotes will eat them. You can’t just have dogs running these streets 😂
facts! they’re better off in the street, those dogs are not well taken care of here, mostly all have medical condition, some can’t come home same day
@@lesleyd2448 yes u can!
@@honeycandy5741 Some have medical conditions because of irresponsible owners who would rather get rid of the dog than take it to the vet for treatment.
@@lesleyd2448 Coyotes are not pack animals, dogs are. Coyotes only pose a risk to medium to small dogs.....
Yeah, and then they want you to fill out a 10 page long application detailing your entire life history and pay some asinine fee of like $400 for adoption... that's how it is here, anyways. These rescues need to reassess their adoption policies.
Yeah the price is just as much as buying a real breed puppy.
You should check with local vets and find out the price of a vet visit, vaccinations, heart worm check, test and medications for intestinal parasites, spay or neuter, microchip. That's what the adoption fee is for. But I guess you think the rescue should not be able to re-coup any of that money and just give you the dog. Most rescues have at least $400 in vet bills for each animal they take in and if the dog needs dental work or has an injury that needs to be treated your talking a lot more. ,And if the poor thing is positive for heart worms they're looking at anywhere from $500 to $1000 to treat so get off your damn high horse to think a rescue should give animals away and not check the background to see if they are placing the animal with someone responsible. If you don't see the reasoning behind their adoption application or reasonable adoption fee than you probably wouldn't want to spend any money on the animal if it were to become injured or sick.
They nred to be greatful the publics willing to help...only to be put thru crap. Figure out a quicker way, and bless the young man for sticking to it, for his buddys dog.
I hope it worked out for everyone
It’s a pain the ass you have 2 show up at 9:00 they don’t open til 11:am
stop putting animals in shelters then and stop shipping animals across the country after a disaster let them stay and fend for themselves