A better way to adopt a pet from an animal shelter.

1. Pet Adoptions from Animal Shelters
By Leyla Shill
http://www.nafcanimalshelter.org/?p=1985

2. ● Too many animals are currently living in shelters.
● Breeders, especially puppy mills help worsen the problem by adding more animals into shelters
● Not healthy for them to be living in the conditions they live in at shelters
● We need to be these animals advocates and help them to get out and stay out of shelters
● These animals deserve a second chance to live full and happy lives.
http://respectyourdog.com/read/pet-stores-and-puppy-mills
Why should you adopt from a shelter?

3. ● Shelters are overcrowded, resulting in millions of animals being euthanized each year simply because there is no
more room for them.
● The longer an animal spends in a shelter the more emotional harm is done to the animal.
● While in shelters, their physical needs may be met but they do not receive the full emotional attention that they
need.
● Animals have lots of love to give if they only have someone to give it to.
http://www.human-health-and-animal-ethics.com/ethics/pets/pet-rescue.php
Why is the problem issue?

4. ● You can be affected by shelters and not even know.
o If a shelter is state or government owned then the taxpayers pay for
shelter animals to be euthanized.
http://www.human-health-and-animal-ethics.com/ethics/pets/pet-rescue.php
Who is affected?

5. ● Animals do not belong in small hard spaces
● Dogs in shelter often suffer from happy tail
o a bloody tipped tail caused by too much tail
wagging against a hard surface.
http://petapixel.com/2013/02/26/disturbing-photos-capture-the-realities-of-euthanization-at-animal-shelters/
Who is affected?

6. ● The person of family who adopts a pet from the shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF9jIv_tNZY#t=10
Who is affected?

7. http://urbanrescues.com/more-information/shelter-statistics/
Statistics of a Maricopa County Shelter

8. ● World wide epidemic
● Every neighborhood across America… including yours!
http://www.change.org/petitions/don-t-let-bosnia-euthanize-animals-after-15-days-spent-in-the-city-shelters
Where does this problem exist?

9. http://www.downtowndogrescue.org/2013-shelter-intervention-program-stats/
Reasons for animals going to one shelter

10. ● Any one can help!
o Volunteer at a local shelter
o Donate money or pet food
o Donate skills and talents, like this man who took quality photographs
of a shelter’s animals to help them get adopted.
http://petapixel.com/2011/09/20/photographer-helps-save-dogs-through-better-photography/
Who Can Solve the Problem?

11. ● Commit to only adopt from a shelter, not from mills.
o It is a myth that all shelter animals are mutts. 1 in 4 dogs in shelters
are purebred.
http://petapixel.com/2013/02/26/disturbing-photos-capture-the-realities-of-euthanization-at-animal-shelters/
How to solve the problem

12. ● Be a responsible pet owner
o Microchip
o Spay and neuter
● Do your research before adopting
o Make sure you are financially prepared
o research and know about the animal, breed, and age of the pet before
hand.
http://bloomingtonmn.gov/cityhall/dept/police/specops/animal/adopt/adopt.htm
How to solve the problem