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Well, North Shore Animal League is .org. so your point is well taken.
-- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. |
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From: itty (Sherry )
From: (The Last Resort Animal Sanctuary) A Gmail accounts for a non-profit group? Sounds fishy. ________ Lauren, what is Gmail? Hi Sherry, GMail is a free account at Google, and pretty untraceable. I don't know, it just seems weird to me that a rescue facility would be using this type of account, but who knows. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm |
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"PawsForThought" wrote in message ... From: (The Last Resort Animal Sanctuary) A Gmail accounts for a non-profit group? Sounds fishy. Our Humane Society Yahoo freemail because it's free. ;~) You don't have to pay to register a domain name. And we basically use Petfinder as our website, because it's fairly easy for the non techies to maintain, and again, it's free. We work with lots of small rescues that do the same. One of the gauges of whether a rescue is "legit" is whether or not they're registered with Petfinder. You have to have on file your non profit status and a couple of other things to get a spot there. FWIW, I could find no listing of The Last Resort Animal Sanctuary on Petfinder. Either this rescue isn't what it says it is, or it's not committed to using all available resources in order to find these animals homes. There is no information about adoption on their website or where the pets can be seen. A "collector" in other words. According to their website, it's not been a 501 c3 organization long enough to get to the 5 year review point. Almost anyone can form a non profit. But, it takes a LOT of work to maintain that status past that 5 year mark. I very well know the costs associated with sheltering abandoned animals, but I really don't see any costs beyond basic housing that the rescue is assuming here. They require a fee, and that that the animals already be spayed or neutered and up to date on shots. What's left to spend money on? Food? You can get that free from local groceries and chain stores. |
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"PawsForThought" wrote in message ... From: (The Last Resort Animal Sanctuary) A Gmail accounts for a non-profit group? Sounds fishy. Our Humane Society Yahoo freemail because it's free. ;~) You don't have to pay to register a domain name. And we basically use Petfinder as our website, because it's fairly easy for the non techies to maintain, and again, it's free. We work with lots of small rescues that do the same. One of the gauges of whether a rescue is "legit" is whether or not they're registered with Petfinder. You have to have on file your non profit status and a couple of other things to get a spot there. FWIW, I could find no listing of The Last Resort Animal Sanctuary on Petfinder. Either this rescue isn't what it says it is, or it's not committed to using all available resources in order to find these animals homes. There is no information about adoption on their website or where the pets can be seen. A "collector" in other words. According to their website, it's not been a 501 c3 organization long enough to get to the 5 year review point. Almost anyone can form a non profit. But, it takes a LOT of work to maintain that status past that 5 year mark. I very well know the costs associated with sheltering abandoned animals, but I really don't see any costs beyond basic housing that the rescue is assuming here. They require a fee, and that that the animals already be spayed or neutered and up to date on shots. What's left to spend money on? Food? You can get that free from local groceries and chain stores. |
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From: "Sunflower"
"PawsForThought" wrote in message ... From: (The Last Resort Animal Sanctuary) A Gmail accounts for a non-profit group? Sounds fishy. Our Humane Society Yahoo freemail because it's free. ;~) You don't have to pay to register a domain name. And we basically use Petfinder as our website, because it's fairly easy for the non techies to maintain, and again, it's free. We work with lots of small rescues that do the same. One of the gauges of whether a rescue is "legit" is whether or not they're registered with Petfinder. You have to have on file your non profit status and a couple of other things to get a spot there. FWIW, I could find no listing of The Last Resort Animal Sanctuary on Petfinder. Either this rescue isn't what it says it is, or it's not committed to using all available resources in order to find these animals homes. There is no information about adoption on their website or where the pets can be seen. A "collector" in other words. According to their website, it's not been a 501 c3 organization long enough to get to the 5 year review point. Almost anyone can form a non profit. But, it takes a LOT of work to maintain that status past that 5 year mark. I very well know the costs associated with sheltering abandoned animals, but I really don't see any costs beyond basic housing that the rescue is assuming here. They require a fee, and that that the animals already be spayed or neutered and up to date on shots. What's left to spend money on? Food? You can get that free from local groceries and chain stores. Very interesting. Thanks for the reply, Sunflower. I guess the post itself is what threw me. I don't see too many shelters posting in newsgroups asking for money. It just seems suspect. As you say, anyone can form a non-profit. Or, anyone can create a website. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: "Sunflower"
"PawsForThought" wrote in message ... From: (The Last Resort Animal Sanctuary) A Gmail accounts for a non-profit group? Sounds fishy. Our Humane Society Yahoo freemail because it's free. ;~) You don't have to pay to register a domain name. And we basically use Petfinder as our website, because it's fairly easy for the non techies to maintain, and again, it's free. We work with lots of small rescues that do the same. One of the gauges of whether a rescue is "legit" is whether or not they're registered with Petfinder. You have to have on file your non profit status and a couple of other things to get a spot there. FWIW, I could find no listing of The Last Resort Animal Sanctuary on Petfinder. Either this rescue isn't what it says it is, or it's not committed to using all available resources in order to find these animals homes. There is no information about adoption on their website or where the pets can be seen. A "collector" in other words. According to their website, it's not been a 501 c3 organization long enough to get to the 5 year review point. Almost anyone can form a non profit. But, it takes a LOT of work to maintain that status past that 5 year mark. I very well know the costs associated with sheltering abandoned animals, but I really don't see any costs beyond basic housing that the rescue is assuming here. They require a fee, and that that the animals already be spayed or neutered and up to date on shots. What's left to spend money on? Food? You can get that free from local groceries and chain stores. Very interesting. Thanks for the reply, Sunflower. I guess the post itself is what threw me. I don't see too many shelters posting in newsgroups asking for money. It just seems suspect. As you say, anyone can form a non-profit. Or, anyone can create a website. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm |
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Hi Sherry,
GMail is a free account at Google, and pretty untraceable. I don't know, it just seems weird to me that a rescue facility would be using this type of account, but who knows. Lauren I don't mean to be unkind, and I might be very wrong. But that whole deal just smacks of "collectors" to me. That picture of wall-to-wall cats is atrocious, and I just pray those cats aren't kept in those conditions every day. NOTHING is mentioned on the website about qualifiers to adopt a cat, or fees, nothing. That's spooky. Sherry Sherry |
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Hi Sherry,
GMail is a free account at Google, and pretty untraceable. I don't know, it just seems weird to me that a rescue facility would be using this type of account, but who knows. Lauren I don't mean to be unkind, and I might be very wrong. But that whole deal just smacks of "collectors" to me. That picture of wall-to-wall cats is atrocious, and I just pray those cats aren't kept in those conditions every day. NOTHING is mentioned on the website about qualifiers to adopt a cat, or fees, nothing. That's spooky. Sherry Sherry |
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I have been involved with the last resort animal shelter for some time
now. I thought I would post a follow up with a few more links that may help show that the shelter is real and it has been around for quite some time: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/PA295.html http://www.whois.net/whois.cgi2?d=thelastresort.us http://groups.google.com/groups?q=th...ff&sa=N&tab=wg hope it helps, ibai |
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