WHAT POLICIES DISTINGUISH A “REPUTABLE” RESCUE ORGANIZATION?
We regret to say that the field of animal rescue is not immune to fraudulent and questionable practices. For example, some unscrupulous people take advantage of animal lovers by calling themselves a “rescue” when they are, in fact, for-profit sellers of dogs. Wisconsin Dog Rescue has published a list of questions you can ask an animal rescue organization to determine if they are reputable. (If you cannot reach the organization to ask questions before sending an application and paying a fee, consider how responsive they might be after an adoption.) For the record, Labrador Retriever Rescue, Inc.’s adoption policies conform to this definition of “reputable rescue” — and have conformed to this definition since our establishment more than 20 years ago.
