Celebrity Lena Dunham Returns Adopted Dog. An Animal Organization's Inappropriate Response

         A recent news story concerned a celebrity, Lena Dunham, and her musician boyfriend, Jack, returning a dog to the shelter they adopted it from four years earlier. She alleged the dog had been abused, and for that reason the dog's behavior was out of control. The shelter disputed her claims about the dog's prior history. ( Besides, prior animal abuse is not an indicator necessarily of unresolvable behavior issues. In fact, many times abused animals are not only grateful, but make the best of pets.)
         When Lena adopted the dog four years ago, she and the dog received considerable positive media coverage. Now the dog is back at the shelter. Meanwhile, the news story reports she recently adopted two new puppies (not from the shelter where she returned her dog. Possibly she bought the puppies from a dog breeder).
         The news article reported a spokesperson from a major animal organization (not associated with the shelter) that does celebrity and entertainment outreach ( outreach that surely helps the organization, not animals), praised Lena and Jack as "being wonderful advocates for dog adoption... and hope she will continue to use her platform to spotlight the homeless animal crisis and urge her legions of fans to consider rescuing." (These charities are careful to not alienate big monied people and celebrities.)
          Four years of having a dog and then returning it is not exactly an example of a successful dog adoption or "rescuing" and the kind of bonding that should have taken place.
          Many animal organizations make fortunes playing on sentiment, knowing that animals, especially dogs and cats, are the best charities for receiving enormous sums of money. They have a public blindly believing in their ineffective, often harmful programs to address animal cruelty and dogfighting (this author challenges them to have the decency and guts to engage him in a debate). They have the public believing in their shallow, feel good manipulation of the plight of animals.
          Regarding so called "rescues", in which someone adopts a dog or cat from an animal shelter...Maybe the spotlight on the Lena and Jack return of a dog after four years will show that helping animals requires things far greater than how many dogs get adopted and the so called "rescues"..  Furthermore, not all animals adopted end up in good situations. Many end up in the hands of people that are abusive or at best should not have pets. But that is a story, like the exploitation and failure to protect animals, that no one wants to hear.