Well I ' ve adopted many animals and every time at least 3 or 4 times I ' ve gone to them this has happened or I witnessed something like this happen . I once saw a clerk lecture parents in front of their children about puppy mills and the horrors . while the kids were crying and they clearly wanted to adopt from them because they didn ' t want to buy from a pet store . It was really sad . Also I did adopt a senior lab that was so infested with fleas and covered in feces that It took me a couple of weeks to rehabilitate her . She was the sweetest dog ever after that , but the SPCA had no reason other than it was space constraints . I wonder who will rescue the animals from the rescuers . It was heart wrenching .