Ariz. Humane Society changes policies after cat killed

[liberalhistorian]

13. One more time, as has been previously pointed out,

they would NOT return the cat to him so that he could take it elsewhere because they determined the injury was severe enough to not be able to do so. Even though that wasn't their call to make because it wasn't theirs, at that point. They put him in a real catch-22. They refused to treat the cat without money, but then they refused to accept a credit card payment or wait for a wired payment.

Then, even without having ownership of the cat (and, therefore, in my view, the right to make any decisions regarding it) they refuse to return the cat to him so that he could take it to a place that WOULD accept a credit card or wired payment; most emergency vet clinics would have done so. So, as another poster pointed out, it was like "surrendering" your wallet to a mugger, you really have no choice and they didn't give him a choice, either.

They had NO right to refuse to return the cat to him so that he could take it to a place that would accept a credit card or wired payment. NONE. But they had him over a barrel. And WTF didn't they accept credit cards, anyway, most people aren't going to have hundreds of dollars immediately available for treatment. Fuckers.

It's really getting harder and harder to defend the HSA, which I used to do, but every time I turn around, there's a story like this. Stories from different states, but the same organization.