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The posts that interest me in this thread are the ones that discuss the law in this circumstance.
I sign contracts all the time... you can write whatever you like into a contract... it doesn't mean that every clause is legal or enforceable. A contract can say I am your slave for life. Even if I say that I understand the terms, it would be Illegal and unenforceable.
Since pets are considered property... I am not sure the agency had a leg to stand on once they gave the dog to Ellen. The part of this story that worries me is the way the police were used to take the dog apparently under false pretences. Just because someone shows up with a cop who says blah blah blah doesn't make the officer’s actions legal. We are becoming brainwashed to automatically obey authoritarian figures.
