@bright.ton42 wrote:
@springyzone wrote:
One thing I have found with getting my animals from pet shelters is that we as owners were always vetted. I have had to fill out pages of questions about previous pets, theeir life spans, size of my yard, other pets, ages of those living in the house etc before we have been allowed to take an animal. I even had to take in a dog I already owned to make sure it and the new dog were compatible & able to get along.
There are the responsible random shelters here that will do all that vetting, but I think the majority don't .
Many just want to move their rescues on.
On one level I can understand that. I don't know what it is like now (probably much the same if truth be told) but I was told RSPCA shelters at the time I chose my first from them, held cats (especially adult ones as kittens were easier to home) for only about a month or so and if they didn't get homes they were likely to be euthanised. Sadly if there was a glut of kittens they could meed the same fate as soon as they got there.
My first cat from the RSPCA was an older kitten and she had been there 3 weeks so she only had 1 week left. I don't know how long my current cat had been there but it wasn't very long as I went there a couple of times looking for 'the one' and she wasn't there. I was also determined to get an adult cat which I did, she was about 2 years old when I adopted her. Mind you, that weekend there weren't many cats to choose from. The last time I'd been there the place was bursting with felines but the shelter then held an 'Adoption Day' and the cats were half price. I came back the next week. Thank goodness no one chose my little girl....she was worth every cent even at full price.
