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In article <harmanl.144.000978E7@agresearch.cri.nz> harmanl@agresearch.cri.nz (Lyell Harman) writes:
>From: harmanl@agresearch.cri.nz (Lyell Harman)
>Subject: Re: RSPCA  Adoption Charges
>Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 09:28:16

>I'm interested in this discussion from a couple of angles, so I'll add my .02 
>cents worth.

>Firstly, the adoption charge is $100? (not $1000?).   I don't know how that 
>converts to NZ dollars, but my mother had a favourite saying "The human mind 
>values cheaply that which it gets for nothing".   Could it be that the SPCA is 
>trying to make sure the prospective pet owner can afford, and appreciate, the 
>pet he/she is adopting?   

****** That may be, but what they are also doing is putting off a lot of 
caring pet owners that have been getting animals from them for years!
Unless peple start to baulk at the escalating prices, they will continue to 
skyrocket.  Next year they will be injecting all the anumules with microchips 
because it's a new beaut idea and the price will go up another fifty 
bucks....and more dogs will join the queue on death row because even more of 
the population can't afford society dogs!

>Secondly, I'm interested because I've left instructions with my next-of-kin 
>that in the event of something disastrous happening to me, my dog is to be 
>given to the SPCA to find another home (hopefully), with what I consider 
>generous remuneration for the boarding costs, advertising fees, etc involved 
>in finding a new home.   (Some people put a codicil in their will, indicating 
>their wishes regarding a pet - I haven't done that yet.)   I would be rather 
>put out to think that in addition to what the SPCA might be given from my 
>estate, they would also charge the new owner.

********  I'd be most surprised if they didn't, but that IS only speculation!
One of the problems would be finding anyone that would take on an older dog!
Even if you are getting a pup, you are still looking at the trauma of losing a 
treasured friend 10 or 12  years down the track. I would think that only an 
unusally kind person would be inclined to take on an eight or nine year old 
dog from the society, particularly at the prices they are charging today!


>I'd be interested to hear alternative suggestions for 
providing for the dog in >the event of something happening to me.  I'm sure 
friends would take care of >him for a few days, but I don't want to impose on 
anyone in particular by >expecting them to keep the dog permanently.    (This 
is all hypothetical - I >hope! - I have every intention of outliving the dog!)

********* Some sort of co-operative populated by older people with a "I'll 
look after yours and you look after mine if either of us is run over by a bus" 
arrangement could be a possibility, but I haven't thought much about it and it 
might not be practical!
    I know that it is a concern to me and I keep fairly large stocks of dry 
food and water available for my pets just in case I should forget to get up 
some morning!  This leads to rather fat dogs!  Like you lyle, I have every 
intention of outliving the lot of them, but you never know!

>Lyell  ( from New Zealand )



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