One of the many problems with Pet Rescue's current policies (which, lacking transparency and anything in writing, basically seem to come down to "whatever Beaut Putnam feels like today"), is that it drives people away from using the shelter, which they are paying for with their tax dollars.
Putnam and Alleman like to say that they're providing a service to the community, but what's actually happening is they are pocketing tax dollars, while many of the animals that SHOULD go to the shelter and benefit from those dollars, end up elsewhere. For example, many strays are kept and adopted to new homes by the people who find them because they don't trust the shelter; some are brought to Pendleton PAWS for the same reason; still others never get picked up in the first place. I know many people who won't report or pick up a stray dog unless it's literally running into traffic or causing danger because they know it might have a better chance at living if it can find its own way home than if it ends up at Pet Rescue.
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