{"id":1472,"date":"2016-07-07T22:16:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T22:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2016-07-07T22:21:09","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T22:21:09","slug":"responsible-rescue-responsible-breeders-we-all-want-the-same-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/shelter-rescue\/responsible-rescue-responsible-breeders-we-all-want-the-same-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Responsible Rescue, Responsible Breeders: We All Want the Same Thing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many rescues and humane societies are struggling with the same set of issues that dog breeders were 20-30 years ago, as well as the same quandary: what is the best way to confront\u00a0bad players and practices\u00a0in an open and honest manner, and to solve the problems they have created while keeping those examples from defining the group as a whole?<\/p>\n

On one hand, this task is easier than the one facing breeders, as there are\u00a0no movements, organizations, or ideologies hell-bent on\u00a0destroying rescues or shelters. But on the other hand, the task is more difficult due to the age we are living in. Headlines of “Shocking!” “Inhumane!” and\/or “Scandalous!” behavior tied to organizations that are supposed to be helping animals are the very definition of clickbait: easy to sensationalize, subject matter that people have a strong emotional investment in, and an example of supposed moral authority figures behaving dishonestly or hypocritically. And on top of that, there is a large — or at least highly vocal — contingent within the rescue and sheltering community that views any form of criticism as an attack that needs to be deflected or quashed, rather than discussed.<\/p>\n

So is it complicated and difficult task? Yes. But that doesn’t mean that rescues and humane societies are remaining silent about the way some dogs are being moved and placed today — irresponsibly, without oversight, and inhumanely — and we applaud the Columbia-Greene Humane Society\/SPCA<\/a>\u00a0for speaking out in recent months, and thank them for using NAIA as a resource:<\/p>\n