Fosters also care for animals that need more time and
attention than the shelter can provide during the peak of kitten season, such as cats with treatable medical problems.
Hand2Paw started in 2009 when Rachel Cohen, a Penn student, came up with an idea that would connect two underserved groups — homeless teenagers (who frequently are seen on the streets clinging to their pets) and shelter animals, desperately in need of more care and
attention than shelters have the staff to provide.
Not exact matches
Each year the society takes in more
than 11,000 animals in every size, shape, color and breed.Through this campaign, the humane society can focus
attention on the pet overpopulation while helping people understand that
shelters are excellent places to adopt a pet.However, before choosing to adopt a pet, the Halifax Humane Society recommends people ask themselves: Are you ready to take on a long - term commitment?
Some dogs come from local animal
shelters and humane societies that contact us because the dog may need more medical care or one - on - one
attention than they can provide.
They are a serious commitment... the reason why some dogs end up in
shelters are due to this and it is a too common tradgidty that some people give more
attention to what pair of shoes or what tool to buy
than they do to obtaining a pet.
In Chicago animal
shelters on the north side of the city and in the north suburbs arguably receive more
attention than those on the south side, especially those in the...
The act of leaving a pet outside without food or adequate
shelter often receives less
attention than a violent attack against an animal, but neglect is a crime.
The second type of socialization article that I see, though far less frequently
than the articles about puppies that draw in more
attention, is the type that usually has a headline, «So, you just adopted a dog from a
shelter!
These results suggest that
shelter visitors pay much more
attention to morphology rather
than behavior of kenneled dogs.
Providing love, care and
attention to the more
than 18,000 animals the
shelter takes in each year is no small feat!
They have more focus and
attention than puppies or kittens and may have undergone obedience training with their previous owners or
shelter staff.
PALM COAST — The Flagler County Humane Society, which received national
attention in 1997 after rescuing more
than 400 sick and dying animals from a squalid puppy mill, will break ground Sunday for a new 15,000 - square - foot animal
shelter.
Many of the rescued animals who come to Homeward get more love and
attention in our
shelter than they have ever known.
Our foster program allows us to rescue even more animals
than our
shelter can hold, while the animals get additional socialization and individualized
attention.
There is a time commitment to consider;
shelter dogs need lots of
attention, love, and training, but the rewards are more
than worth it!