Anyone work at a shelter, something that really irks me about BPs in shelters

[cinderbird]

There is a shelter near me that charges $100 for a kitten and $75 for an adult cat. Then they wonder why no one adopts them and why they are always full so that people can't leave their unwanted pets there. They do have a great low cost neuter/spay program though that I have used a few times. About 10 years ago I wanted to adopt a kitten, this was before I found out about the huge "adoption" fee. They refused to let me adopt a kitten because they worried my 3 year old son would hurt it. He just sat on the floor and held it. He didn't do anything to it. So I got mad, left, and went to the pound where they wanted me to take anything and everything I wanted to get it out of there.

They say they want to help these animals, but don't go about helping them find homes. They want some kind of perfect home with no kids, lots of money, no other pets, etc so they end up having to put them to sleep instead of letting a not so perfect home have the animal. We can all hop on craigslist right now and grab 2 dozen free kittens right now. I don't understand what some of these shelters are thinking. I realize that they need a fee to operate and care for other animals and they should have a basic idea that the person is at least not a horder and is able to afford cat food. But geeezzz. Aggervates me.

Yeah and I wouldn't tell anyone I was a breeder either unless I am talking to another breeder.

Ah, i agree 100%

I don't get all the people/shelters/rescues that want people to adopt dogs tell them that they NEED a fenced in back yard. No, you don't need a fenced in yard to own a dog.

If they spent more time talking to the people they adopted to, and less time thinking of ways to make animals lives perfect, they'd have more adopters. I would love to get a third cat, but a lot of the shelters refuse to let anyone have animals who rent their housing. My landlord loves my cats and I have a clause on my lease about owning animals (and how I'm aloud to do it), then they want a home visit. :/ Also, the adoption fees here are outrageous, 135 minimum for a kitten. Usually around 100 for an adult cat. The dog fees are CRAZY.