I question how good of an organization the Keystone Animal Rescue in Riverside, WA really is. I happen to know that they adopted out a rescue dog to a family that does not have a permanent address & is living in an RV on someone else' property. Most good rescue organizations screen their applicants very carefully and require a fenced yard. Without proper screening of the applicants to make sure these animals are going to good homes, Keystone Animal Rescue may be setting that poor animal up for future failures, abuse, neglect and abandonment.
I also happen to know that the people who adopted the dog didn't have the $50.00 for the adoption fee and the person at the rescue facility told them they could go ahead and take the dog and pay the fee later...THEY NEVER DID. What kind of a rescue organization does that? If adopters can't afford a $50.00 adoption fee, they can't afford to be adopting a dog in the first place.
The worst thing is this dog is in serious need of dental attention and turned out to be pregnant. It had three babies and only one lived. What kind of a responsible rescue organization adopts out animals without having them vet checked, spayed or neutered and medical/dental issues dealt with before adopting the animal out in the first place.
I gave this facility one (1) star because I like to think that the woman's heart was in the right place to begin with but she is poorly equipped (in experience, financially, and with business/management sense) to run her rescue facility the way it should be run.
I usually use Yelp to praise well run businesses and organizations, but this has bothered me so much that I just felt I had to speak out. People, I urge you to do your due diligence and research a rescue organization before dropping off a stray, abused or neglected animal to such a poorly run organization. Make sure the organization tends to the animals medical needs, spays and neuters the animals, updates the animals on their inoculations and, above all, screens the prospective adopters to make sure that the unfortunate animal in their care is going to be going to a good, safe home. For the animal's sake. Thank you. read more
