Screw You Idaho Humane Society: Employee Wronged my Family

^* Please note: The Idaho Humane Society's employee lacked civility and so I see no reason to be civil back to them in this recounting of the tale.

My mother in law recently passed away after a sudden illness and one of the many loose ends that my wife Sarah had to take care of was what to do with the pets (two dogs and a cat). Princess, an eight year old, white, short haired, Free Take One, Wal-mart cardboard box special, ended up coming home with us. Problem is, she has something wrong with her and likes to lash out and attack at random times. Also, she is a little bit incontinent, and was peeing everywhere but the litter box (the counter, in a plant, on some towels) and may have had some sort of eye infection.

After a long mental struggle, Sarah finally decided that the cat wasn't the right fit for our house and figured that Princess was probably too old to actually get placed if we put her up for adoption. Coupled with the incontinence and the lashing out, and the fact that the Idaho Humane Society recently waived fees because they had too many cats, Sarah decided to have the cat euthanized. For those that don't know Sarah, she loves cats and dogs. Anytime she sees an animal that needs help, she will help it. I know for a fact we would have more stray animals in our neighborhood if she didn't take the time to trap the strays and take them to the shelter. Since we have always had good care and have been treated well, we decided that the Idaho Humane Society would be the place we took Princess to.

Once we got there, we were helped by a lady (I'm being nice here) that wore a scarf (presumably to cover up her cottage cheese neck) that I will call The Suck. The Suck asked why we were there, and we told her that it wasn't our cat, my mother in law passed away, the cat is not doing well, and that it would be best if we put her down. The Suck then asked if we tried to place the cat with somebody else and we responded that she doesn't do well with other animals, and she has a tendency to lash out at random times. The Suck responded why don't you put her up for adoption here so she "Has a chance at a better second life."

A better second life? WTF are you talking about, you don't know anything about the first life she had! Are you inferring that A. the cat was worse off when she was with my mother in law and B. that somehow we are bad people because we brought here in? SCREW YOU!

At this point, Sarah said no, after considering all the scenarios, we still think that it would be best to put the cat down. The Suck then went on to say something about how it would be better to put her up for adoption so the vets can inspect her, and if she was deemed unhealthy, or unfit to be placed then the Idaho Humane Society would make the decision to euthanize her.

At this point, my wife started to tear up and said, "Why are you pushing so hard for this? You are making a hard decision even harder." Which The Suck murmured something about how she was taking the cat's best interest in mind. Really? Really?!? You have only been around the cat for all of two minutes. Are you some sort of cat psychic? A cat whisperer? One touch of a cat's fur and you instantly get a mental vision of the entire cat's life to base this remark on?

That's bullshit, The Suck and if you think you do have some sort of special gift, then you are a special kind of stupid. I'm sure you probably see and hear some fucked up things that people do to animals at that shelter, but to take one look at an animal and to assume that you know what's best…

At this point, The Suck gave us the paperwork to fill out, which Sarah did with tears running down her face. I went ahead and payed the fee and if The Suck hadn't caused enough trouble, she started picking at it again right before taking the cat to the back by saying, "I just don't understand why you wouldn't let us try to adopt her out first." I looked at Sarah, and her bottom lip was quivering and I literally started shaking with anger and had to hold myself back with every once of energy to not backhand that stupid Bitch The Suck right then and there. How dare she? Are you that fucking blind The Suck? Do you not see what you are doing to my wife?

In my opinion The Suck, your job has made you cynical about people's true intentions, and you are so blinded by that cynicism that it impacts the way you interact with others. Your tone was wrong, your handling of the situation was wrong, and worst of all you did not listen. Because of your actions, we will no longer donate, volunteer, adopt, or use the vets at the Idaho Humane Society and we will make damn sure that anybody we know hears this story. We may not be able to impact you or your mission, but if we give one person the slightest pause to rethink using the Idaho Humane society, then this post has been worth it.