May 19th

By Mutt Mulligan

Shelter or Store?

According to an Associated Press story, a new study shows that people still prefer to get their pet from a shelter.  Rescuing animals just feels right.  

Specifically, more than half of people in the Associated Press-Petside.com poll said they would get their next dog or cat from a shelter, nearly seven times the number who said they would buy their next pet from a store.   And more than four in 10 said they thought store pets could have hidden medical or psychological problems. That’s significantly more than those who expressed the same concerns about pets from animal shelters or breeders.

Just 8 percent of those polled said they would get their next cat or dog at a store.    Where did you get your pet?  Do you insist on rescuing an animal from the shelter vs. going to a store?  Share your story on our Rescue page about how you saved an animal.