Re: Organized Animal Rescue

[BarbaraMember]

I would urge any rescue to exercise EXTREME caution in administrating any kind of vaccination or prescription level medication to an animal. In the vast majority if not all states you can be prosecuted for practicing veterinary medicine without a license. Your better bet is to find a rescue friendly vet.
I have been part of 2 rescue groups for 2 years and have seen plenty of conflict. You have to make sure that everyone is asking themselves Why am I doing this? If the answer isn’t For the dogs then that person needs to be encouraged to find another way to help. The other issue is that EVERYONE needs to be accountable to the group. I had a foster dog that was killed (accidentally) literally within hours of placement in an adopter’s home because of an adoption pushed through by one board member. It still haunts me that even as a new member I didn’t stand up to that person more but I thought, Well, this is after all a board member and I’m new to rescue so…