VIVA NOLA May 2018

adopt, don't shop!
According to a survey completed
by the American Pet Product
Association in 2017-2018, 68% of
America?s households, or the
equivalent to 85 million families,
own a pet.
To prevent a proliferation of stray
animals around 2.7 million pets
are sacrificed in shelters via euthanasia
per year, a disturbing
reality. The majority of the sacrificed
animals could have been
adopted and become members of
a family willing to provide them
with care and love.
Most animals that make it to the
shelters have been abandoned
due to a change of circumstances
of their owners. Many of the animals
that end up in shelters are
already used to belonging in a family,
so the shelters?goal is to
quickly find them a new home.
By adopting a pet, people not only
save a life, but they also save money.
Most shelters cover the spay
and neuter fees and the costs of
the first vaccines, and in some cases
shelters even provide animals
with microchips. The pets up for
adoption are ready to go home, all
for a basic adoption fee.
Adopting a pet also serves as a
way of fighting against puppy mills
that put commercial profit over the
well- being of pets. Animals from
puppy mills are kept in deplorable
conditions without access to health
care.
People who buy pets from pet
shops do not know where the animals
come from and could unknowingly
become supporters of
puppy mills.
During the adoption days that take
place in different parts of the city
you can find all kinds of animals
that range from animals with pedigree
to the strangest and cutest
mixed breeds.
When you adopt, there's is only
one certain thing: you save an
animal?s life and in return, you gain
the unconditional loyalty of your
new best friend.
*ARNO is a no- kill shelter in the
New Orleans area. For more information,
or to adopt a pet, visit their
website,
animalrescue neworleans.org