Hi everybody,
This is the situation I would like to hear input about.
Around three months ago, kittens were born from a feral mother in my basement window outside. I had just left a job at that time due to a really wretched and horrible work environment and was in the process of locating another job. Money was tight and I took the responsibility for the mother and these kittens and found out about a TNR program that would spay/neuter for $10 each if you qualified (believe me I did at that time). So, I scheduled to have all of the kittens done and they scheduled me a month out stating that it was because they were a litter and not a single trapped cat. No problem.
I called the day before I was to bring them in to ensure everything was on schedule and to confirm the cost since I was getting very low on funds at that time. The same person that quoted me the price and scheduled me to have the spay/neuters all of the sudden upped the price to the same amount as my local vet would charge and I would be driving many miles to take them there.
They receive donations to help people who were in my same predicament to spay/neuter and this is for a TNR program.
Needless to say, I asked for her manager and she said that she was the manager and there was no one higher than her. I have never reported this but, feel that it needs to be addressed because I wonder how many people she has done this to. At the same time, I would hate to jeopardize any type of program like this with bad publicity.
I have since paid full price for their shots, medical treatment and spay/neuters from my vet who was wonderful enough to help me any way they could to keep costs down. (Love my vet!)
Here is my question and I am thoroughly upset with them for how they would impede someone getting them spayed/neutered when they receive donations under the guise that they are to help people with low funds. (They never even got so far as to have me to provide the proof I was unable to afford them to be spayed/neutered at that time.) My question...
Should I report this? If so, to whom? Would it hurt other legitimate type programs?
Thanks for your input. I have been mulling this and have taken no action due to the conflict in my own head about this.
This is the situation I would like to hear input about.
Around three months ago, kittens were born from a feral mother in my basement window outside. I had just left a job at that time due to a really wretched and horrible work environment and was in the process of locating another job. Money was tight and I took the responsibility for the mother and these kittens and found out about a TNR program that would spay/neuter for $10 each if you qualified (believe me I did at that time). So, I scheduled to have all of the kittens done and they scheduled me a month out stating that it was because they were a litter and not a single trapped cat. No problem.
I called the day before I was to bring them in to ensure everything was on schedule and to confirm the cost since I was getting very low on funds at that time. The same person that quoted me the price and scheduled me to have the spay/neuters all of the sudden upped the price to the same amount as my local vet would charge and I would be driving many miles to take them there.
They receive donations to help people who were in my same predicament to spay/neuter and this is for a TNR program.
Needless to say, I asked for her manager and she said that she was the manager and there was no one higher than her. I have never reported this but, feel that it needs to be addressed because I wonder how many people she has done this to. At the same time, I would hate to jeopardize any type of program like this with bad publicity.
I have since paid full price for their shots, medical treatment and spay/neuters from my vet who was wonderful enough to help me any way they could to keep costs down. (Love my vet!)
Here is my question and I am thoroughly upset with them for how they would impede someone getting them spayed/neutered when they receive donations under the guise that they are to help people with low funds. (They never even got so far as to have me to provide the proof I was unable to afford them to be spayed/neutered at that time.) My question...
Should I report this? If so, to whom? Would it hurt other legitimate type programs?
Thanks for your input. I have been mulling this and have taken no action due to the conflict in my own head about this.