For anyone considering pet adoption, unless they are doing so with an eye toward breeding and/or showing the animal and therefore require a purebred registered with the AKC or CFA, an animal shelter offers the best variety of companion animals available anywhere.
While it’s quite true that adoptions from animal shelters are on the rise, it is a sad fact that more are being euthanized to be able to house increasing numbers and they only continue to grow.
The recent housing crisis has only added to the woes of shelters who must take in animals that owners cannot take with them to rental housing. It is estimated that between 3 and 4 million animals annually are euthanized.
Pet adoption from animal shelters is incredibly rewarding and benefits both pets and owners as well. Older animals are especially good candidates for adoption because they are most likely already trained and acclimated to family life.
The selection is often plentiful and varied; if you have a particular size or even breed in mind, often you will find it at a shelter with little or no waiting.
Assignment Help Australia – A curious thing about most dogs in shelters is that roughly 25-30% are purebred. Thankfully, many families prefer basing their decision of selection on a pet’s personality, temperament as well as his health.
A wonderful gift that you can always treasure is knowing that you have saved a life, that is unless it is an adoption from a “no-kill” shelter. The best gift is also knowing that you have a new best friend that will love you unconditionally.
As you may know, there are also “puppy and kitten mills,” that may be dangerous to buy a pet from. By going through an animal shelter, you know that your pet is healthy and you will not be supporting dangerous mills where animals may not be raised in proper conditions.
These animals are sold to pet stores, many of whom do not offer a health guarantee on the animals they sell because they will often have congenital defects or other illnesses that make them unfit for breeding.
For this reason, it is inadvisable to purchase any dog or cat from a pet store unless it is part of an adoption drive by the ASPCA or other local humane society. Also, never buy one online since there is absolutely no way to know about the history of such an animal.
Adopting your new best friend from an animal shelter is not only a wonderful gift for yourself and your family but a lifelong gift of love to a homeless animal.