Sadly there are 4 million healthy adoptable companion animals killed in shelters each year due to overcrowding. Killed for no reason other than there is no room! We do our best to relieve that problem and put pets from shelters in the homes of pet seekers all over the country. It's a big job, and we're just a small group of pet lovers who believe every pet has a right to live a full life in a loving home.
Our website makes it easy for anyone with an internet connection to find descriptions and pictures of adoptable animals by location, breed, gender, age, size, and color. Over 9,000 shelters posts pets on our website displaying over 130,000 pets available for adoption at any given time. We also help volunteers connect with shelters, and currently host over 14,000 people listed in our volunteer database for shelters. Pet Adoption is the loving option!
So, you want to adopt a pet, huh? Great idea!
Here are a few reasons why pet adoption is the loving option:
Whether you adopt a pet from a local animal shelter or a rescue organization, humane society or SPCA, you're saving lives. That's right: lives, as in more than one. I know, I know…you only want to adopt one dog or cat, right? Adoption saves more than just the life of the pet you adopt. If you adopt from an animal shelter, you're making room for another dog or cat, or you're allowing other dogs or cats at the shelter to be kept for a longer period of time, giving them a better shot at being adopted. If you adopt from a humane society, an SPCA or a rescue organization, you're allowing that organization to rescue another dog or cat for adoption at a public shelter, which, of course, saves the life of that little guy plus the lives of others at that shelter by creating space so new pets can be kept longer. As you can see, adoption is truly a continuous cycle of saving lives and it's the right thing to do!
Although there are millions of pets in shelters needing homes each year, many pet-owners-to-be don’t think about pet adoption when they’re looking for their new four-legged friend. Possibly because many people who want to get a pet just are not aware of how many great pets are available at shelters. They might also have the misconception that pets in shelters might be there because there was a problem with the animal. In fact, most pets end up in shelters not because of any problem with pet behavior, but because an owner died, moved, or simply didn't have the time or money to care for the animal. In some cases animals are lost and never found by their owners. These animals are healthy and very eager to please. Rescued pets are wonderful- just ask anyone who has one.
Through Adopt-a-Pet.com and without even leaving their home, people can search all their local shelters and see pictures and descriptions of the pets available for adoption. This way, they can find the exact pet they want, call the animal shelter or rescue group, and get information on how to adopt that specific animal.
Get Involved:
Spread the Word! Do Social PETworking and Twitter Critter! You can run a search on Adopt-a-Pet.com, find a pet you want to help get exposure for, and use the share tools on our site to post the pet link on their Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or other social network page. Or, you can email the link of a pet in need from our site to your friends.
Place a link/graphic or even a search widget for Adopt-a-Pet.com on your personal website to encourage readers to see pets in need at local shelters.
Add their info to our volunteer database so shelters who need volunteers can find you.
Search Adopt-a-Pet.com to find a local shelter, and make a cash donation to that shelter to help them with the costs of housing, feeding and medical care of shelter animals.
Encourage other pet owners to spay or neuter their pet to help prevent unwanted births.
Donate to Adopt-a-Pet to help animals find their forever home.
Source: www.adoptapet.com
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