Quote: "Here, to release your dog to the pound or animal shelter it's a $75 fee, and that's only if they have the cages available. So, money can drive people to do stupid things."
I bet it can, my sister in law had to get rid of a cat when she moved, she called every place in the phone book none were taking cats. She had no one that wanted or could take it and ended up driving almost 200 miles to a shelter that had an opening. Most people are just not going to go through that kind of trouble.
My worst story for a dog was when I was 5.
We had a VW bus and my dad was driving with me in the passenger seat. An Irish Setter ran out in front of us and my dad hit it, the VW jumped like hitting a speed bump to fast. The a second or so later it jumped again then again. we got out the dog was caught in the wheel well and we ran it over several times. ugg bad memory