# Fraudulent Dog Adoption **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraudulent-dog-adoption/517349 "2009-11-12T19:36:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraudulent-dog-adoption/517349/14 "2009-11-12T20:23:06Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > This sounds dodgy in the fact that they would euthanize a dog rather than give it to somebody that lived in a condo. What shelter would have done that? Most shelters and rescues do that. They don’t want a dog going to a family/person that can’t reasonably take care of it. A large, energetic dog living in a small condo with no yard will be destructive and cause problems. That type of situation will be very hard on a dog, and even harder if the owner becomes frustrated and either abandons or beats the dog. It’s better off dead then in a situation like that. Also, the org I foster for also has similar provisions in the contract as stated previously in the thread. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraudulent-dog-adoption/517349)._