If euthanasia of healthy cats is not considered an acceptable option and the number of cats presented to a shelter exceeds the
number of adoptive homes.
The above information will definitely affect your
choice of an adoptive home; what these things have in common is that they are basic instinct / temperament / personality issues.
«Unfortunately, despite being a model student, Macy was the only dog at the end of the program scheduled to return to a kill shelter
instead of an adoptive home or no - kill rescue,» according to RockySpot Rescue in Newcastle.
You may hear it from commercials on television, ads in your local newspaper, or even interviews on the radio about your local shelter in need
of adoptive homes so that they can save more lives.
Feral cats who would be happier living
outside of an adoptive home are humanely trapped, spayed / neutered, ear tipped and returned to their local colony.
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) estimates that three to four million animals die in American shelters each year, most for
lack of adoptive homes.
Here's what's going on: the U.S. State Department is considering a ban on the practice of using photolistings (pictures and general bios of adoptable kids) to recruit adoptive families for kids in
need of adoptive homes.
«Our hope is that we are veering more people towards pet adoption vs buying and hopefully reducing the number of pets that are euthanized every year due to a lack
of adoptive homes,» she said.