The author of the 10/17 review clearly did not understand the mission and purpose of this organization. PRN is not a rescue and does not claim to be. They do not have animals in their care and do not facilitate adoptions. They are a national network for rescues to share their adoptable animals with potential adopters, and for others to inform rescues of Persians/Zots/Himmies in need of rescue. They also support the efforts of rescues nationwide.
It is true that they do not promote or encourage long-distance transport and will not help facilitate it because they do not agree with it. However, the decision about where an animal is adopted is the responsible rescue's decision to make and every rescue has its own policies in this regard.
I cannot speak to the personal interaction described in the 10/17 review, except to say that this presents only one side of the scenario. I can speak to my personal experience with all of the admins and this group as a whole. I have found them to be nothing but helpful, encouraging, informative, and educational. In my experience, if one is respectful to the admins, they are very respectful as well. I am not a member of this organization's leadership, but I do co-run one of the rescues that work closely with them and we benefit from their good work. They are a valuable resource in the rescue community and I hate to see them maligned by someone who clearly did not understand the organization they were reviewing.
Hello, I had a unpleasant experience with a admin for this organization. This organization was listed as national. But they are not. They only adopt to New Jersey or local folks. I had a unpleasant experience with a admin from this organization. I was inquiring about a exotic shorthair cat with the owner that posted it. The post did stat that cat was in NJ, but did not state that there was a restriction to local adopters. While in conversations with cat owner, this admin jumps in and tells me local adoption only and basically tells me where to go. I questioned the post and asked that the organization to update their information that they are we local to NJ or ask posters to state any restrictions. This is where the conversation starting going south. Here are the kickers. I asked the admin to remove me from member list. So she blocks me on Facebook. Apparently I made her mad. She also complained to FaceBook about using my initials vs my full name for Facebook. How petty were these 2 actions. Anyway, adopters beware. This is not a national rescue organization. And I guess only post to admins, because replying posts to the pet owner appears to be a nono. Either that or the admin was singling me out. I did feel that she was threatening me and singled me out.