Maryland woman learns dog believed to be euthanized is alive and up for adoption
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ค. 2024
- A woman who thought she had her dog euthanized in Montgomery County a year ago was stunned to see the same dog up for adoption a year later. Now, she wants to know what happened and wants her dog back. FOX 5's David Kaplan has the story.
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Goes to show some vets don't do much to get to the bottom of the issue. Some vets just treat symptoms not the actual illness. As a groomer of 25yrs, I've witnessed diligent pet parents do everything possible to cure their pets when Vets are just not giving answers. It happens with human doctors too!! Some pet parents can't afford to save their babies. There's more to this story.
Something doesn't add up.
All the woman has to do is have a friend or family member adopt the dog for her. Is she really that dense?
I’d like to hear the vet staffs perspective of the story- did they NOT want to let the old owner know that dog wasn’t eurhanized afterall on purpose for fear that the previous owner still would want to euthanize or something? What was their reasoning as to not contact her once they learned the dog did not have to be put down? Was it just the expenses that someone else was willing to pay for the dog
Standard practice. She didn't take him to a private vet...she surrendered him to Animal Services. At that point, she was no longer Beau's owner, and the vets weren't obligated to keep her informed of his care. That's why the shelter is treating Beau's case as abandonment
You could ask why she chose to surrender him, rather than find a vet that would let her stay with him in his final moments. But then he'd be dead, and we wouldn't be having this conversation. Either way, it doesn't look good from the shelter's perspective
I do feel for this woman, though :( She was just working with the best info she had
No she wasnt. She was willing to have him euthanized alone. She doesnt deserve him back. @@symbological
The thing is the vet told her there were no other otpions but euthanasia, that treatment wouldn't provide good quality of life and would instead cause failure to thrive. A vet telling you that often means the best humane thing is euthanasia, you want to believe the people who have the life of your pet in their hands wouldnt lie to you. So once she brings the pet down isnt allowed in for the euthanasia. Then they decided without telling her to do their own digging and realize pup can be cured. Despite her having to pay for a euthanasia which they only take card for, so that would be fraud. Then they send the pup back to the adoption center, wont dare call it a rescue, who also took tons of fees from her to adopt said pup again on card, so once again fraud, only to put it back up for an even bigger pay day. This was a backdoor deal between the euthanasia center and the adoption agency. No way it wasnt. They must be doing this to countless adopters in the area. Both get a pay day and pet owners go home empty handed. This needs to be investigated!!!!!!!!! Ive seen this happening before.
Got my girl from a nonprofit and they managed to save countless pets from a similar scheme and reunite them back with their owners, people not getting any pay, spending their own money on the animals, then spending their time tracking down every last owner to give them back their baby. Not enough groups like them. I would love to know more about the "rescue" to warn everyone I possibly can to steer clear
They use pets they know are sick pre adoption to leverage money out of adopters then both them and euthanasia centers get a payday. Very very common tactic. Common with sought after breeds and dogs that they know have an "appeal".
Maybe someone from this channel will see my comments and get the real story
Thanks for sharing this is scary. Please email this to the station
Nothing to investigate here. The vet was negligent, the woman heartless. The rescue saved him and they had better not give him back to this irresponsible woman who was willing to drop him and have him euthanized ALONE. She is a heartless individual.
I see people killin this lady for choosing Euthanasia. But as someone that just spent close to 20k to save a dog, I can tell you most people CAN NOT afford so save a dog/cats life.
Then don't get one. If you love only money, go get that instead and leave the defenseless alone.
@RobSmith-rn3ie what are you talking about? They never said money was the only thing they cared about. Most people aren't able to afford treatments because of how overly expensive they are. You can't blame them for choosing euthanasia
Oh please. This woman opted for euthanasia when she is not present for $15 on the basis of one incompetent vet's opinion. She is a terrible woman, the vet is a terrible vet and no she doesnt deserve the dog back. The shelter is a 100% back. @@Bruh24748
Just give her fur baby back to her for god sake !!!!!
She should not get the dog back
All situations are not the same. A blanket rule to keep the dog from previous owners, should be at the discretion of the adoption agency. They should, at least CONSIDER, returning the dog to her.
I bet she only gave it up because she knew that if they found that the dog was curable, they'd do it so she wouldn't have to pay and she thought she'd get it back, but that's not how shit works
@@Gamingmoments95 she already offered to pay the $7000 it took to cure the dog
@@ShadowsMentor apparently not
What is the guarantee that if the dog gets sick again this woman won't rush to put it down FOR FIFTEEN DOLLARS without getting a 2nd opinion? The dog should not go back to her.
@@KB093 she waited though, she didn't want to put him down. All the vets told her to do it
It's not right to make pets die among strangers. What a cruel practice 😞other vets will tell you to be there because your pet looks for you among all the strange faces.
I put down a dog because I couldn't find her a home, she was aggressive and people say it's humane. The worst and most regrettable decision. Though if I found out some how someone adopted her I would be glad. I also wouldn't think the organization would give her back to me. Why give the dog back to someone that wasn't able to take care of it for ANY reason. From an organization stand point for that dog you aren't a stable home. It sounds like there's a part of the story that's been left out. Which is probably the cost for surgery for the dog. So I definitely wouldn't give it back if she couldn't have afforded the veterinary bills. I also suspect if surgery was an option that means it was treatable. So instead she chose to put down a treatable dog INSTEAD of returning it to the breed specific organization she got it from. No ma'am sorry boo
She is upset he isn’t dead?
I would be pissed off and that's the owners decision. Never go back there again. Good thing it was not me or they would be literally....
This woman told on herself by coming forward with a story that no one will find genuine. A real tear would have come from her had she been that emotional enough to contact news outlet. 😵💫🤣
More than anything, this speaks to the declining quality of pet care in this country
She lost the dog because she was doing what her vet suggested, and -- for whatever reason -- chose not to prioritize Beau's peaceful passing by legally surrendering him (instead of finding a vet that would let her stay, as the shelter instructed). The cruel part of this is, if she'd done just that, the dog would be dead
I can't fault the shelter for not wanting to return the dog. But the dog is only alive because she surrendered him after being told he couldn't be saved. Just a sad story all around
There are some people, a small minority, in the dog world that are really off-putting in how much they feel they need to protect animals from owners who do things they personally disapprove of, or are somehow this higher authority that has the right to take pets away from people.
What kind of a stupid comment is this. She is an irresponsible owner who rushed to euthanize without getting a 2nd opinion. Yes, people who give up their lives to rescue can take calls. They don't have to return animals they spent time and effort rescuing to irresponsible heartless owners. Stop talking about pets as if they are property
Watch other reporting on this and for those of you who are confused, here are the summery
Ms Pereira works at a rescue center and adopted a pup from a rescue center (Lost Dog and Cat rescue Maryland) and come home with the puppy, then after a few weeks the puppy is having movement and bowel issue and the owner brought him to the vet and the vet told the owner the pup might have neurological issues, after a few other vet visit they all offer the same advice and they told her the cost to find out what exactly is the cause of Beau condition would be huge and even if they found out what's causing the problem, there might be little to nothing they can do for him, and advice her to put Beau down.
The owner claim she resist to this and brought Beau home only to have her dog deteriorate in a few weeks' time, she visit the emergency vet care department in the county pound and the vet there also told her it may be neurological problem and it would cost $12000 (her claim) for any attempt to take care of Beau. She finally let go with the decision to surrender Beau to the pound when she consulted with the Lost Dog and Cat Rescue. And she wasn't in with the dog as the pound does not allow owner to watch the euthanisation of their pet. And she left for Texas after thinking Beau is euthanized.
She returns to Maryland for a family visit after a year and come back to check on the rescue center website and found Beau was cured and put on adoption. She inquired both the pound and rescue center and found out a vet at the pound later decided Beau can be saved and a gofundme have raise enough money to perform those surgeries and save Beau, since Pereira surrendered Beau (as you see in this video) They return Beau to the rescue center as an abandonment case, and the rescue center took Beau, now renamed back to Amos and nurse it back to health in that year, later when the owner ask to re-adopt Beau/Amos offering to pay off the medical cost, the center told her off and basically admonish her for abandoning Beau (According to the owner) and refused to let her readopt Beau.
And you know the rest.
Why are you trying to peddle her story as fact? She refused to seek independent veterinary care, pay for further testing, and brought the dog back only AFTER she made the decision to move out of state. How convenient that it was the “health problems” and not her change in lifestyle.
Funny you left out that she paid $15 for the dog to be put down and walked away. If that dog meant anything to her she would not have paid the equivalent of a happy meal to see it die.
@@Chr1s-fm6bi And you know what happened to her story? How?
And $15 is surrendering fee, not to put it down, you don't get charge anything if you are doing it in a SPCA pound, which is what she has done in this case.
On the other hand, if she would just leave her dog out of her lifestyle, she would have just leave it at curb like most people would in that situation. The fact that she left it at a pound suggested that this is her last resort.
@@cosplayshop Unlike you who is claiming to have gotten the information from a “variety” of sources, which closely resemble the Fox News slant, this has been covered nationally from people who do more than get a sound byte from the woman and publish her story at face value. Maybe put your money where your mouth is and go collect the variety of opinions you’re claiming you did.
It was not a surrender fee, she admitted in an interview that she agreed and paid $15 to have the dog put down.
Most people don’t leave their dogs on a street corner, that’s reserved for the most deplorable of human beings.
@@cosplayshop “Pereira said she took Beau to Montgomery County Animal Services in Derwood, Maryland, in late March 2023 and paid $15 for him to be euthanized.” She said it in an interview herself. Most people don’t leave their dogs on curbs. Sad you can’t distinguish fact from delusion.
@@Chr1s-fm6bi Again, that $15 is for surrendering fee, look at the form they show in the video
Also, what I said was this is a "personal inconvenience" like you said, she would have left the dog out in the curb, most people do that if the pet mean nothing to them. Taking it to a pound is something she don't need to do but she did it anyway, she can just abandon it, which again, if you have a brain would know, that suggest it's her last resort
It's not my problem if you either don't have a brain or don't think.
Move on, lady! She is not his owner.
I've been with all my dogs when they were put down. Shame on that woman for just dropping him off. how cold.
They told her it was the best option. Calm down. And work out your past trauma
@@Jamesgalc-gs8wu wtf? She could have stayed with him during the euthanasia instead of dumping him off. Ja
The facility doesn't allow owners to be present during euthanasia. You obviously didn't watch the video
@@WoJackHorseman24 find one that does
U can't just give it up cuz u can't afford it & demand it back after it gets treated. Broke & ignorant is a bad combination
She was told by the vet that the dog needed to be euthanized.
@@KekoaRecruit they didn't say that specifically & the form was apparent in what could happen
@@KekoaRecruit Then she's a complete sucker lol
In another news piece it was said the owner (can't type her name) is willing to pay the $7000 for the surgery that was done to Beau and get the dog back, however, when she called the shelter, they said "You (the owner) has abandoned this puppy and will never get it back (which she does surrendered to the county pound for them to put her down)
If I was the lady owner, I would ask someone to pay the fee (With that $7000 surgery fee) and adopt the dog for her, and then transfer it back to her, that's probably the least financial impact. because the other way is to sue the vet and the rescue organisation who currently have the dog. This could take multiple year and tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars for lawyer if they decided to fight.
@cosplayshop I could give two shits about this dog or the other news article. What I said was based on this video