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Animal Shelter Aims To Find Pet Homes For The Holidays
December 4, 2014
The Escambia County Animal Shelter will host a public animal adoption event “Clear the Kennels” Friday and Saturday from noon until 6 p.m. at the shelter at 200 West Fairfield Drive.
The event aims to find homes for shelter animals before Christmas with manager’s special adoption pricing:
- Dogs, three years and older, $35
- Dogs, under three years, $55
- Cats, three years and older, $20
- Cats, under three years $30
Pricing includes spay or neuter, rabies vaccination and microchipping.
For more information, call (850) 595-3075.
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5 Responses to “Animal Shelter Aims To Find Pet Homes For The Holidays”
Many animals in shelters have been neglected or abused. I have also had to do my share of behavior modification. In time, almost all dogs can be trained to behave well. They are highly social animals and most of them want to please. Keep working with that life that you saved and you will be rewarded.
I adopted a pet from the shelter. It was a blessing but on the other hand a total disaster. We later learned she had chewing problems, she doesn’t like to be left alone and she chases cats every chance she gets. She forgets what she has learned and spitefully will do things that she knows not to do…like poo poo in the house. It is our responsibility to correct all the above and we would never give her up because of all her behavior problems. I hope this will help folks who will be considering adopting a family pet member. They are family responsibility and you wouldn’t abandon them. Thank You. Roof Roof
Certainly agree that pets are a commitment. Before adopting, parents need to have a family discussion about pet care and who is responsible for what chores. Too many pets go into shelters due to their owners not spending the time necessary to train. The cute puppy becomes a teenager with discipline problems. Many of us who have dealt with rescue dogs have heard the story over and over again, along with I don’t have the quality time to spend so I am giving the dog to the shelter. Dogs are fine alone, or with another dog, if they have been trained to act properly. The library has obedience books for training to help you. So with this in mind, I wish all pets from the shelter get their chance for a good home.
While I’m sure their hearts are in the right place, my only worry is for the animals. Pets aren’t a present, they’re a responsibility. Sure your child “wants” a puppy, but are they really responsible enough to care for that animal?
Those animals ended up in the shelter because someone couldn’t/wouldn’t care for them. I hope pet adoptive parents are 100% on the commitment so the same animals don’t end up back in the shelter by February.
This is a good thing for Escambia County Animal Control/Shelter as they have such a bad reputation for the last two years. I hope much success with these adoption days. I hope they will soon adopt “the no kill” program like so many other counties have in the state. It is sad to think ppl do not take the responsibility of pet ownership. I live in the north end of the county and have had so many cats dumped in the what was the woods next to my house. Animal Control has threatened me several times about no feeding these cat and kittens. Good luck to Escambia County on the “clear the kennel days.