In Laws Found A Dog On The Side Of The Road Almost A Month Ago And After 3 Days Decided To Keep It. Og Owners Are Only Now Wanting To Get The Dog Back.
My parents-in-law found a dog on the side of the road 25+ days ago. They brought it to the shelter and the shelter let them keep the dog as unofficial foster parents. The shelter told them after 48 hours, if the original owners don’t claim the dog, the dog is theirs. This dog was under fed, paws were red and enflamed, ear clipped, dirty and covered in pee, and was abandoned. They checked the microchip and it was pinged for a way out of state owner.
Well 48 hours rolls around and there was no claim. Shelter posted a picture with the dog’s picture and it was up for almost a month on Facebook. This person apparently found the post a week ago, having lived in the area a short time, and the humane society lost my in laws contact info. Today, the shelter found the info and told my in laws the original owner wants their dog back. My in laws said no we are keeping the dog, it’s been almost a month. They took care of the dog and this dog has adjusted to my in laws and they love it. The shelter then sent a sheriff to my in laws house without telling them and the sheriff says that they need to give the dog back to the owners. The shelter also said that they are “a rock put in a hard place” with this situation since they never filed official paperwork handing the dog over to my in laws.
My in laws talked to a lawyer friend and the lawyer said that in the state of NY, an unclaimed animal can be adopted out or euthanized after 7 days of no claim from the original owners. This original owner was supposed to come pick up the dog today but they “have to go to work” so they’ll be coming to get them Sunday.
I guess my question here is, is there any way that my in laws can fight for this dog? They don’t want to offer money yet to see if giving the dog back will make the person realize that it was easier not having a dog. So after a couple weeks they want to reach back out and ask if they’d be willing to sell the dog. But regardless, is there anything my in laws have going for them? They are heartbroken over this.
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