So this topic is close to my heart as I am a huge animal lover and I recently heard something quite ridiculous. My friend walked into a puppy store recently and was blown away at what she saw. Tiny little dogs being sold for $3,000. Mind blowing to me when there are thousands of cats and dogs in shelters just waiting for a loving home and opportunity to have a family.
I've done my research on this topic and have found out some horrifying things regarding animal shelters, in particular, ones that kill the dogs and cats who have not been lucky enough to be adopted. In some parts of the US, the animals are gased to death in what looks like a dumpster. When I saw footage of this I started crying at the horror and felt empathy for what those poor animals must be going through and how scared they are.
It really hits me hard that animals don't have a voice and can't do anything about their fate, which is what is the most devastating to me.
So the point of this post is to maybe encourage some people out there to take a look at your local animal shelter the next time you are thinking of getting an animal. My family has personally rescued 2 dogs. One of them still with us today and is one of the biggest joys in our life and a member of our family.
Here's a close up of her waiting for me to wake up.
I always think back to this quote when I see my dog Riley.. "To the world, you may just be one person, but to one life, you may be the world."
Hope this is some food for thought :)
-Fitgirl
Hi @Fitgirl, I think you're doing an important thing, sharing your experience adopting animals from a shelter. My roommate and I adopted this lil cutie Meowzer from the humane society in Boulder when we lived there. She had been abandoned in a ditch on the side of the highway, and even so, she's been the perfect cat.
I recently did a post about deepening our connection with nature and how we should do a better job in society of teaching this to our kids. Hope you, and anyone reading this take a read and let me know what you think :)
Omg she is precious!! Thank you for sharing :) and I will check that post out!
Wow. "Tiny little dogs being sold for $3,000. " what a scary price. Man finds Avenue at even places where there is none to display his wickedness. It really pains me how many are destroying our ecosystem all because they want to make some few bucks. It's great that animals also have rights if not one day we will wake up to see no animal alive
look at the awful treatment being given to some animals around. It'ssickening
Honestly breaks my heart to see this. People need to become more aware. Thank you for commenting
Well said. We now have 3 cats and 1 dog, all rescued animals. The only way to go.
Exactly! :)
If you can’t adopt….foster.
If you can’t foster…sponsor.
If you can’t sponsor…volunteer.
If you can’t volunteer…donate or transport an animal to safety.
If you can’t donate or transport…educate, network, and cross-post.
Everyone can do something, large or small, to help save a life.
~Pit Crew, IL
Lol love this!!
Thank you for writing this! Resteemed and now following.
I couldn't agree more. the last dog and cat i owned where adopted and rescued. its so much better than buying from a puppy or kitten farm. especially when it comes to mature animals as they have so much trouble finding homes. Keep up the good work being an awesome human!
Wow thank you :)
You are welcome!
Cat lady alert.. Just kidding I can't agree more with you. I have never owned a cat or dog from a pet store, all my pets was either runaways or from the animal shelter.
I see it a saving a life instead. Pet store are mostly just overpriced and worry more about making money than the actual well-being of the animals.
Totally agree!There are so much abandoned dogs that there is no need for buying!Wish you and your animals good healt and nice time:)
aww thank you
We adopted a dog also, she came from greece.
The best thing ever, she is so cute
Love this! My family has always adopted....or accepted the strays brought home.
Pedigree dogs are the most expensive and to create one the procedures are awful . All the breeding is disgusting
This is a great reminder for everyone who is thinking about getting a pet and I thank you for this post. I have had pets my whole life and they have all been rescued. I hate the puppy mills. Thanks once again for this important message. Riley is adorable!
Thank you! :D
Upvoted, resteemed and followed, I'm a sucker for dogs.
In my opinion people should get punished for selling animals, on a similar level like mentraders! This must stop :(
Thank you for having such a great heart! :)
Resteemed this now. :)
Appreciate that :)
hi, @fitgirl you are wonderful
Good on ya @fitgirl for speaking up for animals. I can't understand when some people just don't care about animal welfare. It's not hard to understand that animals also have emotions. We got out little Chihuahua from an animal shelter and she's the world to us. I'm now trying to get an animal charity to open up an account on Steemit as they depend solely on donations from their Facebook page.
wow, you're an angel! keep it up
Thank you for sharing this. A major part of the reason I came to Steemit was hopes of finding a platfrom to spread this message. I'm the Director of a 501c3 rescue in Central Appalachia, where kill rates for local shelters have recently hit more than 60%. Please check out my blog--I've made several posts about this. May this article be read by millions.
Love this! I used to go to pounds all the time with my ex. I had to stop..too difficult. Over breeding needs to stop, but absolutely adopt!!! Great post! Following. Keep it up! :)
Totally agree. Thank you! :)
Great post! People need to focus more on those furry little friends who keep getting forgotten. The kitty in your picture doesnt seem half as happy as you, did you disturb him/her during their nap? :)
:)
Moon Hooch
Yeah, most animals are very sensitive and curious - in particular these livestocks
<3 for curiosity
the brown one at the right side has alomst no fear at all °_°
I used to do puppy mill rescue. Any true animal lover should steer clear of pet stores.🐶
Difficult to fight Greed, if no one Buys the Puppy , will it end up at a Shelter?
Your Heart is in the right Place. We have 6 dogs and 2 Cats , But unfortunately the 2 Bull Terriers have to be kept in a cage ( a very large Area) as when I got them at 2 years old , they had never been socialised. If I let them out , we would very rapidly only have 2 dogs!
This really a nice post, I mean really nice since most of the nice posts are based on the word "I" but this is about something really deep. I am a pet lover. I don't want to spam you with a link thus if you wish you can checkout a story of my cat which is very touching from my prev blog posts. Nyway god bless you for acting like a human being to take care of less privileged animals. i will follow you. Cheers!!!!
I really want to upvote your post 100 times more!