Adopt a Shelter Dog Month is a holiday that happens every October, and it’s important to spread awareness about the benefits of adopting dogs from shelters and their impact. The month’s event has existed for a few decades now and originally started in 1981. Getting more into the article, however, here is a breakdown of why you should go out and adopt a dog from one of these shelters!
While many people love dogs and have ones of their own, only around 10 percent of dogs that are born actually end up in a permanent home. This means the other 90 percent end up without a permanent home in their lifetime. However, you can help fight against this statistic by adopting a dog and giving them a permanent home where they can thrive and live a happier life.
It is important to adopt a dog from shelters not only due to this percentage, but also because some shelters (although less in today’s time) still euthanize the animals in their care when it’s not always necessary, these causes, such as overpopulation and crowding in shelters, resources, and even time. These reasons should not be the reason for euthanizing a dog, as in many cases, these dogs being put down are healthy and young and have a whole life ahead of them, and they get stripped away by shelters and businesses that practice these ill practices. Along with this devastating fact, around 3.2 million dogs are placed in a shelter each year.
Although this sounds quite dreary it isn’t all bad, in fact many shelters follow a no kill policy which aims at saving at least 90 percent of animals in their care, this means that even though euthanization might be a necessity at times it is reserved for the animals who are already nearing death and or are suffering greatly, this allows a peaceful transition and is the only cause for euthanization in many shelters as it is not something taken lightly and is a serious act to carry out. Following this, here are some shelters that operate under a no-kill policy or ones that don’t euthanize at all: Caring for Creatures, SPCA of Martinsville and Henry County, and Last Chance Animal Rescue.
With all this said and although it is no longer October, it is still important to help fight against ill practicing businesses and the 90 percent statistic of dogs that end up without a home, so if your able to and looking to adopt a dog why not stop by a shelter that operates under a strict no kill act and adopt a dog today and fight to change the lives of many dogs out there and give them a better life?
