I don't understand the practice of going to extreme effort and expense to rescue animals in very bad shape while healthy pets are being euthanized daily. If the motivation is the welfare of the animals, why not use the resources to rescue hundreds of healthy animals that would otherwise be killed, just because no one wants them, or do education and intervention to reduce the number of animal horror situations, rather than incur "outrageous" vet bills for uncertain outcomes for a few animals?
I just looked at the Humane Society, and they say there are 2.7 million healthy unwanted pets each year. I guess animal rescue is not motivated primarily by utilitarian concerns. Still, it seems hard to justify all those resources to save an animal, when practically next door animals with no such problems are being put to sleep for a lack of a better way to deal with them.
I guess I'm bomb-throwing in this thread when it's almost closed - sorry! I've had it in mind all week. Start a new thread about it if you need to set me straight.