We do have a shelter close by, the humble pound. They don't do public adoptions though because they don't have enough funding so every pet dumped, picked up, or taken there will be euthanized unless a rescue takes them. As you can imagine, there is a LOT of death.
See why strict screening by rescues and strict puppy placement by breeders is so important? Irresponsible breeders sell to irresponsible buyers who are more likely to abandon, dump, or keep their pets outside and not properly contained. If BYBs, puppy mills, and commercial breeding operations didn't exist then we would not have this epidemic of pets dumped and running rampant. Gotta go to the root of the problem and educate, educate, educate. 4951