Sunday, March 11, 2007
Are Dogs Better Protected than Kids?
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Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Adoption Request Denied
Their request to adopt a three-month-old Labrador retriever puppy, that is!
I cannot attest to the truth of the following story, but here it is:
Louisiana SPCA Animal Shelter's refusal was because they don't "just hand them over to every Tom, Dick, and Brad who walks through the door flashing money, a pretty wife, and a megawatt smile."
Guess they were surprised as the agencies who handled foreign adoption sure do!
They did not meet the six month residency requirement. Then under the why-do-you-want-a-pet question, they wrote, 'As a companion for our children.'
"That's not always a red flag, but two of their children are too young to behave responsibly around puppies, and we got the impression the couple wasn't through having and adopting children yet. Frankly, they came uncomfortably close to matching our 'collectors' profile
"We were also concerned about the couple's marital status, as we prefer to place puppies in more traditional intact homes."
One again, more than their kid's previous care-takers cared about.
Their lack of knowledge about the breed didn't help their cause either. She couldn't even point to Labrador on a map, then she tried to excuse her failure by saying it was obviously not a country with pressing humanitarian issues."
The shelter employee was also puzzled by Ms. Jolie's behavior toward the puppy.
"During a supervised interaction period she held the puppy in her arms the entire time. Mr. Pitt kept asking her to put the puppy in the stroller he had brought with them so he could practice taking it for walks, but she ignored him until she finally told him to shut up. I felt sorry for him. He had the look of a man who's used to taking orders."
Neither Mr. Pitt nor Ms. Jolie answered our requests for comments about the shelter worker's statements.
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Adoption Request Denied
Their request to adopt a three-month-old Labrador retriever puppy, that is!
I cannot attest to the truth of the following story, but here it is:
Louisiana SPCA Animal Shelter's refusal was because they don't "just hand them over to every Tom, Dick, and Brad who walks through the door flashing money, a pretty wife, and a megawatt smile."
Guess they were surprised as the agencies who handled foreign adoption sure do!
They did not meet the six month residency requirement. Then under the why-do-you-want-a-pet question, they wrote, 'As a companion for our children.'
"That's not always a red flag, but two of their children are too young to behave responsibly around puppies, and we got the impression the couple wasn't through having and adopting children yet. Frankly, they came uncomfortably close to matching our 'collectors' profile
"We were also concerned about the couple's marital status, as we prefer to place puppies in more traditional intact homes."
One again, more than their kid's previous care-takers cared about.
Their lack of knowledge about the breed didn't help their cause either. She couldn't even point to Labrador on a map, then she tried to excuse her failure by saying it was obviously not a country with pressing humanitarian issues."
The shelter employee was also puzzled by Ms. Jolie's behavior toward the puppy.
"During a supervised interaction period she held the puppy in her arms the entire time. Mr. Pitt kept asking her to put the puppy in the stroller he had brought with them so he could practice taking it for walks, but she ignored him until she finally told him to shut up. I felt sorry for him. He had the look of a man who's used to taking orders."
Neither Mr. Pitt nor Ms. Jolie answered our requests for comments about the shelter worker's statements.
# posted by Senior Mom @ 8:59 PM 
