Shelters, retail pet stores team up to place abandoned animals
I found this interesting story on the FOX business pages. I am not sure why it has taken so long for the concept of this to take effect, when Petsmart has been doing this for several years. In this area, their adoption section has local rescued cats from different groups for one month at a time. You get into a rotation with other rescue groups and the cats seem to find homes more quickly, than simply being in a humane society.
One of the theories for this is the stores or a mall are happier places than the shelters are made out to be so people are more than likely to visit a retail store, see a happy kitten and take it home. They will then re-visit the store and purchase food, toys, etc. and everyone wins.
Check out the story here.
And then check out this story from San Francisco about the SPCA there being the original creator of off-site adoptions, pulling animals from animal control, sponsoring spay/neuter events etc. They don't do that now and began veering away from their original mission by taking pit bulls out of the mix. Now smaller groups are working with businesses to pic up the slack while the SPCA runs its' new veterinary hospital.
One of the theories for this is the stores or a mall are happier places than the shelters are made out to be so people are more than likely to visit a retail store, see a happy kitten and take it home. They will then re-visit the store and purchase food, toys, etc. and everyone wins.
Check out the story here.
And then check out this story from San Francisco about the SPCA there being the original creator of off-site adoptions, pulling animals from animal control, sponsoring spay/neuter events etc. They don't do that now and began veering away from their original mission by taking pit bulls out of the mix. Now smaller groups are working with businesses to pic up the slack while the SPCA runs its' new veterinary hospital.
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