And we've reached a new low...
I occasionally help out a few local animal (mainly dog) rescues. I've done that in various capacities for years. Mainly I help with intake as needed, particularly if a dog is being turned into a rescue. Since I don't have my Jeep anymore, I haven't done that much in the last few months, but I still offer help when I can if a rescue worker needs an extra hand with getting an addled dog into a car or to the vet or whatever after being turned in by its previous owner. Needless to say, having done this in places like Lincoln and Chicago, I have run into a few sad conditions as a first responder. Usually, if the owner cares enough to acknowledge that they can't care for the dog anymore and goes to the trouble of contacting a breed rescue agency, the dog is in fairly good shape. It is usually the chumps that just go dump a dog off on the side of the road or try to kill the dog that are the nasty situations that volunteer breed rescuers don't tend to have to deal with. T...