CARE South Coast

if i could give negative stars i would ! i emailed them about fostering for them. I wanted to foster because i recently lost my dog and wanted to help. I saw them on Facebook and how they were BEGGING for fosters. i also joined there group on Facebook called Road to rescue. they post pictures of dogs they need to be fostered. i sent in my application a week went by and i started to comment on pictures offering to foster. I commented saying that i have not heard back, after my 10^th or 11^th comment i got a girl Becca to finally respond. I messaged her and explained that i filled out and application and have not heard back. She proceeded to tell me they have not received my application and i need to resend. I resent one to her and to TWO different emails! Becca then said she was going to sent my application to the person processing the dog i wanted to foster. After a week has gone by and still nothing i commented on another picture. The owner of the CARE said she was VERY sorry and would go look at my application right away. It has been about 3 months now and NO ONE bothered to get back to me not becca or the owner or the people i sent my application to. 3 months later and they are still BEGGING for fosters. after not hearing back i applied to Friends of Homeless animals. there foster form was right online. I received an email the next day setting up a home visit. i am now fostering with FOHA and would NEVER recommend fostering OR adopting from CARE. They are SO unprofessional AND VERY disorganized. Every time i commented on a picture and said i did not hear back they always said it was because they were all volunteers. Now that i foster for FOHA i find that COMPLETE BULLSHIT FOHA are ALL volunteers from fosters to people putting adoption events together.

if i could give negative stars i would. this shelter is neglecting its animals as well as falsely claiming on their site that the animals have all been given a clean bill of health prior to adoption. the owner knowingly allowed me to adopt 2 cats with worms and severe respiratory infections without disclosing that information to me prior to handing over $ 200. when i contacted them later in the day the owner insisted that cats sneezing out a tablespoon of bloody mucus was common and that using medication that expired over a year ago is fine and vet condoned. (she gave me pills because i inquired about their health because one gave a little sneeze), and then she said they needed a wormer, so she knew they had worms… which can be passed to people, thus endangering my health and the health of my 14yr old daughter. at my apt i also noticed that both cats smelled bad, like theyd been living in dirty conditions. in retrospect i believe the other animals i saw in there that looked worse for wear are probably not being cared for. since they deal with strays and rescues (according to their site) i assumed these were new cats being rehabbed.
also they were serving food to people in a room that possibly has a bunch of wormy cats.
my heart is broken and i am outraged. do not adopt from this shelter unless you have money for extensive vet treatment immediately after paying top dollar adoption.
and yes ive taken additional steps to bring this to the attention of those who can act on it.