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In the interest of full disclosure, I am an employee of Molly's Place. I come on this site every once in a while to read the reviews, and I normally see four types of reviewers. The first type consists of our supporters. We have a small army of people in our community that believe strongly in the work that we do, and they sometimes take issue with negative comments when they appear.
The second group consists of people that are predisposed to dislike us. Mostly, these are the people who for one reason or another have been denied in their attempts to adopt from us. We understand their anger, but do not apologize for having high standards. Unfortunately, these people make up all kinds of terrible stories and rarely represent themselves honestly.
The third group is represented recently by the woman accusing us of greed. I don't think this group is malicious in nature; rather, I think they have just drawn poor conclusions based on incomplete or mis-information. Molly's Place has higher adoption fees than most other rescue or shelter facilities. The relevant question is: Where does the money go? Let's draw a comparison with another facility, the Harrisburg Humane Society, which has lower fees. The HS has a large revenue stream in its contracts with local municipalities. Through these contracts, the HS receives money on the front end, often hundreds of dollars, for every dog that they take in. This makes it possible for them to offer very low adoption fees to the public. Molly's Place has no such front-end revenue stream, nor does it receive any government funding. We rely solely on adoption fees and donations to meet all of our monetary obligations.
We have a staff of 8-10 people that supervise the dogs in our free-roaming environment and scrub our facility from top to bottom each day. I am a typical employee at Molly's Place. I've been there two years and work part-time, about 25-30 hours/week. I make $9.00/hr with no benefits. I also spend several hours of my own time each week answering emails, updating facebook, going on supply runs, picking up dogs from other shelters, and various other errands. Does this sound like greed? We also often take in injured animals, for which vet care is needed. Last month, we received two puppies with legs broken so badly that amputation was required in both cases. Just two weeks ago, we received a hound mix that was surrendered because she has a patellar problem that will require surgery. You might not have known that alot of your money goes to cases such as these. Our founder and Director has been accused of being greedy. While I will not disclose her salary, I will say that it is less than half of what her counterpart at the Harrisburg Humane Society makes. Less than half. Does this sound like the work of a greedy person?
Finally, the fourth group consists of just one person...our own personal stalker, who believes that Molly's Place is to blame because her dog was diagnosed a year later with lung cancer. Don't let her screen name fool you...she is, in fact, crazy. There is no investigation regarding Molly's Place. We are regularly inspected just like any other shelter/rescue, and we pass these inspections without incident.
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