Is This The Downside of Animal Rescue?
Posted by Animal Solutions on Saturday, June 30, 2012
Have you ever adopted an animal from a rescue? What were the requirements to be able to bring the animal into your home?
Every animal rescue has different rules. But most do incorporate the application process, home visit and adopter's detailed information just to be considered for adopting their animals. The reason why all of this is needed? They take in neglected, abused and tormented animals that need a new place they can live out the rest of their lives peacefully. But do all of these details GUARANTEE their animal will go to the perfect home?
There are millions of animals euthanized int the U.S. each year, that's the truth. Rescues state they take in animals to later adopt them into a new home, but could their adoption process be actually be stopping it from being adopted?
If you go to the website Craigslist in the "pet" section, you will find many, many animals for adoption all week long. Some require a fee and application, just a fee or FREE with no requirements at all. All these animals are looking for a new home whether it be a cat, rat, dog or sugar glider. Take into consideration that there are also people looking for that perfect pet animal that will fulfill THEIR home, NOT the rescues'. These people want a pet usually as soon as possible, to fill a need, a part of their heart. But if a rescue decides to take a lot of time for the adopter to fill out an application, get a home visit, then wait for an answer of a Yay or Nay, by the time the process is complete and the adopter waits on the answer from the rescue, another animal comes along that they are interested in, the owner doesn't give them the pressures the rescue gave them and they are able to get that pet animal into their home much quicker than the first animal they filled out the application for.
In this case, is the rescue defeating the purpose of taking in animals for later adoption? If a rescue is taking in animals, and holding onto them by a long adoption process and potential adopters are going else where after filling out the rescues' application for adoption and going through their adoption process, then is the rescue really giving the animal a chance for adoption, to get a great home? Is this the downside of animal rescue?
Every animal rescue has different rules. But most do incorporate the application process, home visit and adopter's detailed information just to be considered for adopting their animals. The reason why all of this is needed? They take in neglected, abused and tormented animals that need a new place they can live out the rest of their lives peacefully. But do all of these details GUARANTEE their animal will go to the perfect home?
There are millions of animals euthanized int the U.S. each year, that's the truth. Rescues state they take in animals to later adopt them into a new home, but could their adoption process be actually be stopping it from being adopted?
If you go to the website Craigslist in the "pet" section, you will find many, many animals for adoption all week long. Some require a fee and application, just a fee or FREE with no requirements at all. All these animals are looking for a new home whether it be a cat, rat, dog or sugar glider. Take into consideration that there are also people looking for that perfect pet animal that will fulfill THEIR home, NOT the rescues'. These people want a pet usually as soon as possible, to fill a need, a part of their heart. But if a rescue decides to take a lot of time for the adopter to fill out an application, get a home visit, then wait for an answer of a Yay or Nay, by the time the process is complete and the adopter waits on the answer from the rescue, another animal comes along that they are interested in, the owner doesn't give them the pressures the rescue gave them and they are able to get that pet animal into their home much quicker than the first animal they filled out the application for.
In this case, is the rescue defeating the purpose of taking in animals for later adoption? If a rescue is taking in animals, and holding onto them by a long adoption process and potential adopters are going else where after filling out the rescues' application for adoption and going through their adoption process, then is the rescue really giving the animal a chance for adoption, to get a great home? Is this the downside of animal rescue?
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