UPDATE: thanks to everyone's phone calls and e-mails, we have received calls from both another volunteer and the individual responsible. The individual responsible offered a half-hearted apology, but refused to accept any responsibility for her actions. She once again confirmed that Sonora wanting to hold the leash was a reason that we couldn't adopt Tex. She went on to blame us for the place SHE picked to meet for the adoption. The other volunteer that contacted us was extremely apologetic and supportive. She has assured me that there will be some changes - the first one being that the responsible individual will no longer be making home visits to families with special needs children. We'll see what actually happens. Thanks again for the support and please keep sharing our story. We will continue posting updates on the blog as we get them. It is really important that other people who have been through this also share their stories. All rescue agencies should be ensuring that this situation is NOT happening in their organization. Please feel free to leave your comments here on the blog.