To be honest I was a little miffed that you sent me a private email requesting information regarding one specific dog and I replied to you with an estimated adoption fee. If you had queries regarding this fee I would have appreciated an email back rather than all of this on a public forum where due to misunderstandings and confusions QAWS has ended up looking like we try to make a profit from animals that are abandoned. Although I know this was not your intention, we are not living in a particularly animal-friendly country and we constantly seem to be on the defense about why we do what we do. To bring our rehoming policies up for debate was a whole other issue that I don't feel was necessary.
Had you enquired about a kitten I would have told you that we ask for a donation of around QR200 to help cover some of our costs!
To everyone, please don't assume that every animal is QR1,500 to adopt - this is for a female dog that is fully vaccinated and spayed! Every animal has different fees depending on age, medical conditions, neutering status etc.
I think we can now lay all this to rest and move on!
To be honest I was a little miffed that you sent me a private email requesting information regarding one specific dog and I replied to you with an estimated adoption fee. If you had queries regarding this fee I would have appreciated an email back rather than all of this on a public forum where due to misunderstandings and confusions QAWS has ended up looking like we try to make a profit from animals that are abandoned. Although I know this was not your intention, we are not living in a particularly animal-friendly country and we constantly seem to be on the defense about why we do what we do. To bring our rehoming policies up for debate was a whole other issue that I don't feel was necessary.
Had you enquired about a kitten I would have told you that we ask for a donation of around QR200 to help cover some of our costs!
To everyone, please don't assume that every animal is QR1,500 to adopt - this is for a female dog that is fully vaccinated and spayed! Every animal has different fees depending on age, medical conditions, neutering status etc.
I think we can now lay all this to rest and move on!
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