{"id":1373,"date":"2016-02-03T20:28:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T20:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2016-02-03T20:40:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T20:40:40","slug":"western-pa-humane-society-director-placed-on-leave-for-gasp-buying-a-dog-from-a-breeder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/shelter-rescue\/western-pa-humane-society-director-placed-on-leave-for-gasp-buying-a-dog-from-a-breeder\/","title":{"rendered":"Western PA Humane Society Director Placed on Leave for *gasp* Buying a Dog from a Breeder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The director of the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtae.com\/news\/western-pa-humane-society-director-on-leave-amid-collie-controversy\/37787450\" target=\"_blank\">placed on paid leave for allegedly purchasing a Collie from a breeder<\/a>. Activists took to the Internet to call the director a &#8220;disgrace&#8221; and &#8220;hypocritical.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to humane\u00a0society boarder member Anthony Pardo:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11.5px;\"><em>&#8220;She\u2019s been put on paid administrative leave pending what\u2019s going on. Allegations are allegations and we don\u2019t know what\u2019s true. We thought it best to get her out of the limelight while we try to figure out what\u2019s happened and formulate a proper response on behalf of the board and the humane society.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is both telling and troubling when merely buying a dog from a breeder can be an &#8220;allegation&#8221; that requires\u00a0a &#8220;proper response.&#8221;\u00a0A dog lover should never be punished for valuing and choosing the traits a specific breed has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1375\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1375\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1375\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Collie-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"Bred with love and purpose for predictable traits... the horror!\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Collie-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Collie-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Collie-1024x659.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center>Bred with love and purpose for predictable traits&#8230; the horror!<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1347\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/naiaLogo-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"naiaLogo\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/naiaLogo-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/naiaLogo-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/naiaLogo-1024x530.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is both telling and troubling when merely buying a dog from a breeder can be an &#8220;allegation&#8221; that requires a &#8220;proper response.&#8221; A dog lover should never be punished for valuing and choosing the traits a specific breed has to offer.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1373"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1377,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions\/1377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}