An animal shelter called the Arizona Humane Society is in hot water for killing a man's pet kitten. When Daniel Dockery was unable to pay in cash for emergency medical treatment for the animal after 'Scruffy' was injured after an encounter with a piece of barbed wire, the organization refused to take a credit card to help him pay for surgery. Instead, they demanded cash payment; unable to pay without a few days leeway, they asked him to sign a paper releasing the cat to their care. Then, after promising him the sick animal would be adopted into foster care until he could raise the money, they euthanized his beloved pet.
The Humane Society (as a broad term) is widely known for animal right protection, not abuse. While the Arizona Humane Society is a standalone organization, groups like the HSUS [Humane Society of the United States] are taking metaphoric media shrapnel type flack over the case.
While the people who run the Arizona center that killed the kitten are begging for people not to cut off their funding -- and are asking them to donate more to correct the situation -- the charitable star celebs who have donated to the Humane Society in the past must be feeling a little sting.
Famous faces who support the Humane Society on a national level and in their local areas include (but are not limited to) former Price Is Right host Bob Barker, Jon Lovitz, Kristen Bell, and Ed Begley, Jr.
Will these star celebs lighten their holiday donations, instead diverting their wealth to other non-profit animal rights organizations offering them an opportunity to help animals while getting a tax write off? Hopefully not, because as the bad animal shelter leaders point out, to pull funds from any Humane Society or Humane Alliance only makes matters worse for any unfortunate animal caught in the middle of the charitable donations withholding process.
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