Check the background of anyone you plan to give an animal to. Your animal's life is in your hands. Not everyone has the necessary experience to be able to properly care for an animal. Yes, there are some very mean people in the World today. Take every precaution necessary to ensure the safety of any animal you will place or re-home. Animals can't voice in our language what has happened to them or is being done to them. We are their only safeguards and protection, so let's do what we have to do in keeping them safe.