Thinking of adding a pet to your family? Here are 5 reasons to adopt your new best friend.
- Because you will save a life. Each year, it’s estimated that more than one million adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized in the United States, simply because too many pets come into shelters and too few people consider adoption when looking for a pet. When you adopt you save a loving animal by making them a part of your family and open up a shelter space for another animal who might desperately need it.
- Because you will get a great animal. Animal shelters and rescue groups are brimming with happy, healthy pets just waiting for someone to take them home. Most shelter pets end up there because of a human problem like a move or a divorce, not because the animals did anything wrong. Many are already house-trained and used to living with families. During the Covid19 shut down the number of animals abandoned increased, those of us at Loving Paws rescued cats, kittens, dogs, and puppies during this time. One of which was Meira who we personally adopted after finding her and her brother malnourished and injured in a drainage ditch near Ephrata.
- Because it will cost you less. Usually, when you adopt a pet, the cost of spay/neuter, first vaccinations, and sometimes even microchipping is included in the adoption price depending upon the age of the animal. This not only can save you some of the upfront costs of adding a new member to your family but depending on the animal, you may also save on housebreaking and training expenses.
- Because of the bragging rights. No one needs to see another selfie…. unless it’s a selfie of you with the adorable pet you just adopted! Adopt a pet, post pictures, and show that you gave a new life, family, and much-needed love to an animal that had been abandoned.
- Because your home will thank you. Many of the pets from shelters and rescues are already house-trained, which means you’re not only saving a pet’s life, you may be saving your rug. Adopting a mature pet not only gives older animals a second chance, it often means introducing them to your family will be much easier.
People that say “money can’t buy you happiness” have never paid an adoption fee.
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