Top Reasons To Choose A Pet From The Humane Society San Jose Del Cabo

By Michelle King


You should not add a pet to your household lightly. A puppy or kitten is a living thing, and you have to be serious about the commitment. A lot of individuals will only buy pure breeds. Some insist on newborn animals. There are a few special families that opt for adopting from a shelter like Humane Society San Jose Del Cabo. They do this for a variety of good reasons.

You'll save a life when you make this choice. Every year in the United States nearly three million animals are euthanized because they've been left at shelters that only have room for a certain number of animals. More animals are abandoned than are adopted at these shelters. That means when you choose a pet from a shelter you are effectively rescuing that animal from death. You are also freeing room at the shelter so they can accept another animal.

You have a huge selection to choose from. Shelter animals come in all shapes, sizes, ages, and temperaments. If you have your heart set on a puppy or kitten, you will find them at a shelter near you. There are usually purebred dogs and cats that previous owners have dropped off for whatever reason. The vast majority of animals at shelters were not abandoned because of behavioral problems.

Most of them find themselves there by no fault of their own. The owners bring them because they can't afford a pet anymore, are moving, are getting divorced, or are surrendering the pet of an owner who has passed away. These kinds of animals make great pets for the right families.

Shelter animals are good economic choices. If you buy a pure bred kitten or puppy from a breeder, you're going to pay hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars. What you are actually spending the money on is the bloodline, the right to register the cat or dog with national organizations, and sometimes, the chance to show it.

Breeders charge even more if the breeds they raise are among the most popular with purchasers. Unless you plan to show your cat or dog, adoption makes the most sense. A lot of shelter animals have already been house trained and are comfortable in family situations. If you decide you want an adult dog, you will already know exactly how large it is going to be.

If you go to a pet store or a flea market to buy a purebred puppy or kitten it is very likely that the animal comes from a puppy or kitten mill. These mills are breeding factories that value profit over humane conditions. Animals frequently don't get proper medical care.

Breeding females are confined to cages twenty-four hours a day with no meaningful contact with human beings. When they become too old to have litters, these females are discarded by auctioning them, abandoning them, or actually killing them. No one should ever purchase an animal from a mill, either directly or indirectly.




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