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IMPORTANT : BOYCOT PETFINDER
This is more sad news for animals. I have used the Petfinder site for
years to adopt dogs in and out. Went to petfinder.com today and clicked on the Adoptable Pets Not In Shelters icon in the Classified section as I have been looking for another dog or two for a year. I got a page that read The Classifieds Section Is No Longer Available !!!!. The page advised pet owners who have to surrender their pets to put ads in the paper and hand out flyers ! Unfortunalely as I have Webtv and know little of its operations other than to surf the net I cannot put up a page to advise animal lovers what has happened. Someone needs to do this and get the word out to flood Petfinder with emails that state that unless the classifieds are restored people will not support the site and will not adopt from any rescue on the site. I would not believe anything, writen or said, from anyone at Petfinder about why this happened. I suspect the rescues did not want competition from the public at large. I was unable to post on the message boards and probably no chance any anti-petfinder posts would be allowed. Anyway, this needs immediate attention . SD |
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Bear in mind that it was very easy to practice fraud in advertising
through that classified section!!!!!!! I understand from some other rescue workers that this was becoming a greater and greater problem. And it was expensive to operate. Just be glad that petfinder remains active. It is a real lifesaver, and for regional and national purebred rescues it is a critical tool. I find your "reasons" to boycot to be less than convincing. Visit your local/area shelters and independent rescue groups frequently and you'll find excellent dogs. If you want a purebred dog, contact appropriate purebred rescues. If you can't meet the adoption criteria, examine your lifestyle and environment and see what changes you can make. Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia, USA |
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spoken like a true rescue owner....petfinder is now a
lifetaker...expensive to run ? tough, fraud ? in the adoption of dogs and cats , that's BS ....I could build a shelter if needed, one thing I won't do is leave any rescue anything as now pet owners and pets are left to fend for themselves. FYI : as stated elsewhere I'm not looking for an excellent dog, and sure not from rescues which are little fiefdoms run by people who like to control. I'm a chooser, not a begger **** PETFINDER |
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Yeh, I'd forgotten about that one until I read the reply to my note.
I'd hate to be such an unhappy person.... Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia, USA |
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every contact I've had with rescues in the last year has been negative,
pleanty of rescues in NJ, not interested in improving anyone's bottom line from Best Friends to Good Dog. Easy to see that here the focus is on the organization, mine's on the animals. |
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No, your interest is in yourself.
Jo Wolf Martinez, Georgia, USA |
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great logic, an example of the truth of the expression, " People will
believe what they want to believe ". |
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On Fri, 04 May 2012 12:30:53 -0400, SAMMY DOG wrote:
great logic, an example of the truth of the expression, " People will believe what they want to believe ". as long as they do not believe you they are safe |
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safe as a stray pitbull in Georgia, it's a world of knaves and fools.
btw I e mailed Petfinder twice and received two responses ( obviously the site is not being flooded with mail about this ) . I was assured that changes are being made that will help everyone ; when pressed I was advised that the nature of such changes is hush hush. One thing never changes : the 'bots being fuled by BS. |
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