| Are you thinking of getting a new pet? | | | | care for a pet. 4. You won't be |
| Have you ever considered pet adoption? | | | | supporting puppy mills Many pets that |
| Adopting a pet is a wonderful option for | | | | are sold in pet stores or newspaper ads |
| adding a canine friend into the family. | | | | sometimes come from puppy mills. Puppy |
| Here are 5 simple reasons why you should | | | | mills are mass dog-breeding businesses |
| choose pet adoption: 1. You'll save a | | | | that are harmful to the health of their |
| life Saving a life just may be one of | | | | bred puppies. These facilities sometimes |
| the most rewarding actions in a person's | | | | house up to several hundred dogs at a |
| life. Some pet shelters have to put down | | | | time, thus compromising the health and |
| animals if they do not get adopted. If | | | | well-being of a precious puppy. By |
| you choose to adopt a pet from an animal | | | | adopting a pet from a shelter or a pet |
| shelter or animal adoption agency, you | | | | adoption agency, you are not supporting |
| are not only saving a precious animal's | | | | these often inhumane businesses. 5. |
| life, you are also greatly increasing | | | | You'll have a large selection Because |
| its quality of life. 2. You'll save | | | | pet adoption agencies and animal |
| money When you adopt a pet, you are | | | | shelters have many pets, there is a wide |
| actually saving a lot of money. Animals | | | | selection for you to choose from. To |
| that have been placed in shelters or | | | | make pet shopping easier on potential |
| taken to animal adoption agencies are | | | | parents, many pet agencies and shelters |
| almost always spayed or neutered and | | | | have websites that allow people to |
| vaccinated. Those preliminary, but | | | | search for possible pets by their age, |
| necessary procedures add up when all is | | | | sex, size, and breed. This enables |
| said and done. Also, it is relatively | | | | families to search from the comfort of |
| inexpensive to adopt a pet from an | | | | their own homes; the hassle of going to |
| agency or shelter in comparison to | | | | noisy and overwhelming shelters and |
| purchasing dogs or cats from a local pet | | | | agencies is eliminated. The satisfaction |
| store. 3. You'll receive a healthy pet | | | | you will acquire when you adopt a pet is |
| As was mentioned above, pets from | | | | like no other; you will have received a |
| shelters and adoption agencies are | | | | healthy pet, you will save money, you |
| almost always spayed or neutered, and | | | | will be supporting a healthy and just |
| have received their vaccinations as | | | | cause, you will get the perfect pet for |
| well. This ensures the health and | | | | your family, and you will have saved a |
| happiness of your future pet. Also, in | | | | life. Adopting a pet has lifelong |
| contradiction to popular belief, many | | | | benefits that you will not regret. Give |
| pets who have been placed in shelters | | | | these animals a second chance by |
| have not been mistreated or "done | | | | allowing them to join your loving |
| something wrong." Many pets have been | | | | family. |
| taken there because of people problems, | | | | Pet Super Store features bird cages & |
| such as divorce, a big move, or they are | | | | dog doors. |
| simply too busy to adequately provide | | | | |