Are vets cunts to profit from their services?
Besides which, unless it's a large reward, chances are they're not profiting. You're probably barely compensating them for whatever costs they incurred, including any of:
- their time
- the effort involved in tracking an owner down
- the effort and cost (fuel, bus ticket, whatever) of physically returning the animal
- the disruption to whatever they were planning to do before they noticed the lost animal
- the cost of anything used to capture the animal that was used up/ruined e.g. food bribes, car blankets, laundry baskets
- the cost of any cleanup or damage to their house/car/clothes
- any injuries they incurred capturing a scared, unfamiliar animal
- the stress of the whole situation including not knowing how long it'll take to sort out, wondering what you'll do if you don't find the owner, not knowing how the owner will react, not knowing if it'll leave you out of pocket, dealing with rearranging whatever plans you previously had
and probably other costs that haven't occurred to me. Obviously not all these costs will apply to every situation, and many people might consider them minimal and unimportant when they've been able to help an animal and the people who've lost it, but people's time, effort and belongings are not worthless.
And in the same way that returning a pet to its loving owner makes some people feel good, giving a reward to the person who returned a loved pet makes some people feel good. Sometimes people want to be able to show their appreciation in a tangible way to someone who's helped them, and graciously accepting the reward leaves everyone feeling good about the situation.
But nah, cunts, right? 🙄