Originally Posted by
lolsavannahh
Well we've thought about it for sure! But ASPCA ( at least the ones near us ) is known to not be reputable, and them having all 300 of those birds would be no better than John. We are the ONLY bird rescue in the state of Georgia right now, the last 2 have shut down from lack of support or other reasons, so it's not like we have many other places those birds can go to either if we do happen to shut them down and take in birds.
The problem is, is that John and Michelle somehow know when the DOA is coming in for those special "surprise" visits and will have everything up to par whenever she walks in every time, so she passes them with flying colors. The ASPCA would look at this record before coming into the store in the first place, and see that there's nothing wrong and if they do find something wrong, then they would just give 2 verbal warnings before even doing anything at all.
I will try to get videos of the place/bird side of the store and show you how bad it is! The ASPCA is also known to be a kill shelter rather then a "lets find out what's wrong and treat it accordingly" kind of place. Although they do help lots of animals don't get me wrong, they would want to get those probably 400+ animals out of there before they were to try to treat every single one for whatever disease it has. They would most likely kill the sickest ones, and then try to get the rest out the door in the fastest way possible.
Also, as far as I know, there's really not any other animal cruelty group near us but we will check it out and I will run it by the Papayago to see if that's an option we are willing to try