More than 3 million healthy and treatable pets are euthanized each year. Shelter animals are loving, loyal pets who find themselves there through no fault of their own. By dispelling myths and misconceptions, The Shelter Pet Project aims to make adoption the first choice when acquiring a new pet.
The Shelter Pet Project, sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States, Maddie’s Fund, and the Ad Council, seeks to eliminate the stereotype that there’s something wrong with shelter pets and to make shelters the first choice and desired way for acquiring a companion animal.
Please join the Paws and Effect gang in supporting the Shelter Pet Project. Here are some easy ways you can help:
- If you’re on Facebook, become a fan of the Shelter Pet Project
- If you’re on Twitter, follow the Shelter Pet Project
- Join the Shelter Pet Project campaign
- If you have a blog or a regularly read print column and you want to spread the word, contact the Shelter Pet Project through the link above and find out how you can help to get the word out about adopting a shelter pet.
Thank you for caring! We’re rescue kitties and we’re so very grateful to every single person who chooses to adopt a cat (or a dog, or a ferret, or a goat, or a horse, or a snake, or whatever kind of animal at all) from a shelter and give them a wonderful, loving “forever home.”
JaneA Kelley is a punk rock cat mom and award-winning blogger. She is a regular columnist for Catster Magazine, and she and the Paws and Effect Gang share a home in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.