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Lots of Pets in need of homes, the shelters are full =(
Lots of Pets in need of homes, the shelters are full =(
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On Jun 2, 1:38 am, wrote:
Lots of Pets in need of homes, the shelters are full =( http://www.tradeurban.com/?action=search&cat=6 Oh...!! This really does make me sad. Worse, I know it must be terrible for the people working for the shelters too. disheartening & very difficult to fund too? I was thinking about this issue earlier on today actually...we haven't quite reached the point where you are in the USA, over here in the UK. I am going to share a link with you, to my nearest Big Shelter, just so that you can see the difference between adopting a pet over here, to how things are dealt with in the UK. The first thing to take my attention was the price of those Labradors chocolate pups to start with. we have pages full of those kind of ad's too, the only difference is that if it is a private vendor, they want 100's of pounds. if it comes from a shelter, I think the minimum would be around £70 @ least!! Second thing was that I have a horrible feeling that things are going to change drastically in the near future regarding stray pets as more and more of them are simply dumped I was also thinking wondering if it would be better to have a single charity for rescue pets, or small ones. Over here, if you don't have your pet insured, the sky is the limit. We should all have our pets covered... but that is a perfect world, isn't it? I hope we can learn from this before it happens..& I wonder if the national lottery helps them out. I shall find out & let you know. Thanks for sharing this awareness http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/home.asp S;o) |
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On Jun 1, 9:49 pm, sheelagh wrote:
On Jun 2, 1:38 am, wrote: Lots of Pets in need of homes, the shelters are full =( http://www.tradeurban.com/?action=search&cat=6 Oh...!! This really does make me sad. Worse, I know it must be terrible for the people working for the shelters too. disheartening & very difficult to fund too? I was thinking about this issue earlier on today actually...we haven't quite reached the point where you are in the USA, over here in the UK. I am going to share a link with you, to my nearest Big Shelter, just so that you can see the difference between adopting a pet over here, to how things are dealt with in the UK. Sheelagh, that's not a link to a shelter; that's a link to an urban advertiser publication. (Do you have those in the UK? Local free-or- really-cheap publications consisting entirely of ads placed by individuals and small businesses?) Those listings are backyard breeders selling their dubiously bred pups, people selling their animals, people trying to rehome their animals themselves, etc. The first thing to take my attention was the price of those Labradors chocolate pups to start with. we have pages full of those kind of ad's too, the only difference is that if it is a private vendor, they want 100's of pounds. if it comes from a shelter, I think the minimum would be around £70 @ least!! Second thing was that I have a horrible feeling that things are going to change drastically in the near future regarding stray pets as more and more of them are simply dumped I was also thinking wondering if it would be better to have a single charity for rescue pets, or small ones. Over here, if you don't have your pet insured, the sky is the limit. We should all have our pets covered... but that is a perfect world, isn't it? I hope we can learn from this before it happens..& I wonder if the national lottery helps them out. I shall find out & let you know. Thanks for sharing this awareness http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/home.asp S;o) You're comparing a shelter to a local urban advertiser's animal advertisements. How we do it he Petfinder home: http://www.petfinder.com/ Petfinder is a great resource that lets you search by the animal, by the shelter, by the region, all over the US and Canada. My local all-animals shelter: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA147.html Local cats-only rescue: http://www.felinefriendsnh.org/ Another local cats-only rescue: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA68.html One local dog rescue: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA90.html Another local dog rescue: http://members.petfinder.com/~MA224/index.html Lis |
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On 2 Jun, 10:40, Lis wrote:
On Jun 1, 9:49 pm, sheelagh wrote: On Jun 2, 1:38 am, wrote: Lots of Pets in need of homes, the shelters are full =( http://www.tradeurban.com/?action=search&cat=6 Oh...!! This really does make me sad. Worse, I know it must be terrible for the people working for the shelters too. disheartening & very difficult to fund too? I was thinking about this issue earlier on today actually...we haven't quite reached the point where you are in the USA, over here in the UK. I am going to share a link with you, to my nearest Big Shelter, just so that you can see the difference between adopting a pet over here, to how things are dealt with in the UK. Sheelagh, that's not a link to a shelter; that's a link to an urban advertiser publication. (Do you have those in the UK? Local free-or- really-cheap publications consisting entirely of ads placed by individuals and small businesses?) Those listings are backyard breeders selling their dubiously bred pups, people selling their animals, people trying to rehome their animals themselves, etc. The first thing to take my attention was the price of those Labradors chocolate pups to start with. we have pages full of those kind of ad's too, the only difference is that if it is a private vendor, they want 100's of pounds. if it comes from a shelter, I think the minimum would be around £70 @ least!! Second thing was that I have a horrible feeling that things are going to change drastically in the near future regarding stray pets as more and more of them are simply dumped I was also thinking wondering if it would be better to have a single charity for rescue pets, or small ones. Over here, if you don't have your pet insured, the sky is the limit. We should all have our pets covered... but that is a perfect world, isn't it? I hope we can learn from this before it happens..& I wonder if the national lottery helps them out. I shall find out & let you know. Thanks for sharing this awareness http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/home.asp S;o) You're comparing a shelter to a local urban advertiser's animal advertisements. How we do it he Petfinder home:http://www.petfinder.com/ Petfinder is a great resource that lets you search by the animal, by the shelter, by the region, all over the US and Canada. My local all-animals shelter:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA147.html Local cats-only rescue:http://www.felinefriendsnh.org/ Another local cats-only rescue:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA68.html One local dog rescue:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA90.html Another local dog rescue:http://members.petfinder.com/~MA224/index.html Lis- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - So sorry! It was rather early this am (@ 5.20 am I think?!! try this one if you would, & it should take you to where I intend you to go visit. Trust my luck for it turning out be a cowboy 2bit outfit..Soz mate...Lol http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/the-animals-cat-section.asp This is one of the largest shelters around here. It is where I would go and choose one if I had the space to spare, or fitted the criteria to have one of their Dogs. I think I asked you about Dogs before I am also going to add a link to the Dog page, because whilst looking @ the dogs this morning, ? Can you have a look to see if they are they are a pair of dogs that looked just like your little girl? I could be wrong. It is actually quite s formal procedure if you want to adopt one. You have to fit the animals criteria, rather than the other way around. I think they charge near the £75 mark ($150). I can't see any in there currently that we meet their standards. A lot of them need to be the only dog household, or no cats. what a shame!! (Spike & Mojo BTW) http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/the-anim...ngforhomes.asp S;o) I hope I got the right one this time? & thanks for sharing your links with us... |
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"sheelagh" wrote in message ups.com... On 2 Jun, 10:40, Lis wrote: On Jun 1, 9:49 pm, sheelagh wrote: It is actually quite s formal procedure if you want to adopt one. You have to fit the animals criteria, rather than the other way around. I think they charge near the £75 mark ($150). I can't see any in there currently that we meet their standards. A lot of them need to be the only dog household, or no cats. what a shame!! (Spike & Mojo BTW) http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/the-anim...ngforhomes.asp S;o) I hope I got the right one this time? & thanks for sharing your links with us... Lis provided some excellent links for you. To add to that information, here is my personal example of how I adopted Duffy. I was looking at http://www.petfinder.com/ (one of the sites she listed). Petfinder is an excellent site because it includes information and pictures of animals in shelters (and many rescue groups) all across the US and Canada, as Lis said. It can be searched by breed of animal, age, size, gender, and also my location -- zip/city/state/province. At the time I located Duffy, I wasn't even searching for a cat for myself. I was trying to help someone else -- but there was Duffy's picture. He looked like a little old waif in the picture from the shelter, had been in the shelter for several months, and was blind. Prospects did not look good for him, and the person I was helping did not want a blind cat. Well, that was my good fortune because *I* adopted him! From that point on, the process was that I contacted the shelter and made arrangements to come in (the city was about 30 miles away) to see Duffy and be interviewed. I downloaded the application from from their web site and filled out the preliminary information even before I went to see Duffy -- from that, you can see that I had pretty much made up my mind to adopt even before I met him. There were questions asking about my experience with cats, how I would care for him as he got older, my intentions on the type of place where he would be, the type of medical care I expected, other animals in my household, name and contact information for a veterinarian who could be used as a reference, etc. When I arrived at the shelter, they brought Duffy out to me and observed us as we interacted. Duffy and I bonded in an instant!! He was all over me, loving, rubbing his little face against mine, etc. -- all this even though we could hear the constant barking of dogs in the background. I completed the paperwork there and I had no doubt after the interview that I was going to be approved. However, I had to wait three days for the formalities -- my vet was contacted for a referral, their vet gave Duffy a final health inspection and gave him a series of vaccinations before I could pick him up. The shelter had a standard fee of $75.00 to adopt. That does not even begin to cover the cost of caring for a cat for several months, but it helps to screen people who are not prepared to provide necessary care. In Duffy's case, I was surprised to learn that it would actually only be a fee of $25.00! That's because he had already been neutered before he was turned in to the shelter. They have their vet neuter all cats and dogs before adoption (except for very young kittens and pups), so $50.00 was dropped from my fee. I later sent a larger donation to them -- I am *very* grateful that they kept Duffy for such a long time. People who adopt kittens and puppies that are too young for adoption sign an agreement to spay/neuter and pay a refundable fee (refundable after providing proof of spay/neuter). So, you can see that pets are not being "sold" by shelters and reputable rescue groups. I also signed an agreement that a representative of the shelter could inspect my home at any time. In actual fact, no one has ever followed up on Duffy's care, but that is done in some situations. I served as a volunteer years ago for our local shelter (not the one where I found Duffy), and I made a large number of follow-up visits. MaryL |
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On 2 Jun, 14:28, sheelagh wrote:
On 2 Jun, 10:40, Lis wrote: On Jun 1, 9:49 pm, sheelagh wrote: On Jun 2, 1:38 am, wrote: Lots of Pets in need of homes, the shelters are full =( http://www.tradeurban.com/?action=search&cat=6 Oh...!! This really does make me sad. Worse, I know it must be terrible for the people working for the shelters too. disheartening & very difficult to fund too? I was thinking about this issue earlier on today actually...we haven't quite reached the point where you are in the USA, over here in the UK. I am going to share a link with you, to my nearest Big Shelter, just so that you can see the difference between adopting a pet over here, to how things are dealt with in the UK. Sheelagh, that's not a link to a shelter; that's a link to an urban advertiser publication. (Do you have those in the UK? Local free-or- really-cheap publications consisting entirely of ads placed by individuals and small businesses?) Those listings are backyard breeders selling their dubiously bred pups, people selling their animals, people trying to rehome their animals themselves, etc. The first thing to take my attention was the price of those Labradors chocolate pups to start with. we have pages full of those kind of ad's too, the only difference is that if it is a private vendor, they want 100's of pounds. if it comes from a shelter, I think the minimum would be around £70 @ least!! Second thing was that I have a horrible feeling that things are going to change drastically in the near future regarding stray pets as more and more of them are simply dumped I was also thinking wondering if it would be better to have a single charity for rescue pets, or small ones. Over here, if you don't have your pet insured, the sky is the limit. We should all have our pets covered... but that is a perfect world, isn't it? I hope we can learn from this before it happens..& I wonder if the national lottery helps them out. I shall find out & let you know. Thanks for sharing this awareness http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/home.asp S;o) You're comparing a shelter to a local urban advertiser's animal advertisements. How we do it he Petfinder home:http://www.petfinder.com/ Petfinder is a great resource that lets you search by the animal, by the shelter, by the region, all over the US and Canada. My local all-animals shelter:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA147.html Local cats-only rescue:http://www.felinefriendsnh.org/ Another local cats-only rescue:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA68.html One local dog rescue:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA90.html Another local dog rescue:http://members.petfinder.com/~MA224/index.html Lis- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - So sorry! It was rather early this am (@ 5.20 am I think?!! try this one if you would, & it should take you to where I intend you to go visit. Trust my luck for it turning out be a cowboy 2bit outfit..Soz mate...Lol http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/the-animals-cat-section.asp This is one of the largest shelters around here. It is where I would go and choose one if I had the space to spare, or fitted the criteria to have one of their Dogs. I think I asked you about Dogs before I am also going to add a link to the Dog page, because whilst looking @ the dogs this morning, ? Can you have a look to see if they are they are a pair of dogs that looked just like your little girl? I could be wrong. It is actually quite s formal procedure if you want to adopt one. You have to fit the animals criteria, rather than the other way around. I think they charge near the £75 mark ($150). I can't see any in there currently that we meet their standards. A lot of them need to be the only dog household, or no cats. what a shame!! (Spike & Mojo BTW) http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/the-anim...ngforhomes.asp S;o) I hope I got the right one this time? & thanks for sharing your links with us...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - did you have to put that link up? i clicked on it and now i want to go there and take all the cats home, particularly spangle who is 14 and loves to snuggle under duvets, I also like the look of snowy who is described as '14 years young' bless him. they ae just all so gorgeous and none of them should be there, they should all be snuggled up to their own mum and dad in a proper home where they can be waited on and fussed over all day long. bookie |
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On 3 Jun, 00:28, bookie wrote:
On 2 Jun, 14:28, sheelagh wrote: On 2 Jun, 10:40, Lis wrote: On Jun 1, 9:49 pm, sheelagh wrote: On Jun 2, 1:38 am, wrote: Lots of Pets in need of homes, the shelters are full =( http://www.tradeurban.com/?action=search&cat=6 Oh...!! This really does make me sad. Worse, I know it must be terrible for the people working for the shelters too. disheartening & very difficult to fund too? I was thinking about this issue earlier on today actually...we haven't quite reached the point where you are in the USA, over here in the UK. I am going to share a link with you, to my nearest Big Shelter, just so that you can see the difference between adopting a pet over here, to how things are dealt with in the UK. Sheelagh, that's not a link to a shelter; that's a link to an urban advertiser publication. (Do you have those in the UK? Local free-or- really-cheap publications consisting entirely of ads placed by individuals and small businesses?) Those listings are backyard breeders selling their dubiously bred pups, people selling their animals, people trying to rehome their animals themselves, etc. The first thing to take my attention was the price of those Labradors chocolate pups to start with. we have pages full of those kind of ad's too, the only difference is that if it is a private vendor, they want 100's of pounds. if it comes from a shelter, I think the minimum would be around £70 @ least!! Second thing was that I have a horrible feeling that things are going to change drastically in the near future regarding stray pets as more and more of them are simply dumped I was also thinking wondering if it would be better to have a single charity for rescue pets, or small ones. Over here, if you don't have your pet insured, the sky is the limit. We should all have our pets covered... but that is a perfect world, isn't it? I hope we can learn from this before it happens..& I wonder if the national lottery helps them out. I shall find out & let you know. Thanks for sharing this awareness http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/home.asp S;o) You're comparing a shelter to a local urban advertiser's animal advertisements. How we do it he Petfinder home:http://www.petfinder.com/ Petfinder is a great resource that lets you search by the animal, by the shelter, by the region, all over the US and Canada. My local all-animals shelter:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA147.html Local cats-only rescue:http://www.felinefriendsnh.org/ Another local cats-only rescue:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA68..html One local dog rescue:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA90.html Another local dog rescue:http://members.petfinder.com/~MA224/index.html Lis- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - So sorry! It was rather early this am (@ 5.20 am I think?!! try this one if you would, & it should take you to where I intend you to go visit. Trust my luck for it turning out be a cowboy 2bit outfit..Soz mate...Lol http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/the-animals-cat-section.asp This is one of the largest shelters around here. It is where I would go and choose one if I had the space to spare, or fitted the criteria to have one of their Dogs. I think I asked you about Dogs before I am also going to add a link to the Dog page, because whilst looking @ the dogs this morning, ? Can you have a look to see if they are they are a pair of dogs that looked just like your little girl? I could be wrong. It is actually quite s formal procedure if you want to adopt one. You have to fit the animals criteria, rather than the other way around. I think they charge near the £75 mark ($150). I can't see any in there currently that we meet their standards. A lot of them need to be the only dog household, or no cats. what a shame!! (Spike & Mojo BTW) http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/the-anim...ngforhomes.asp S;o) I hope I got the right one this time? & thanks for sharing your links with us...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - did you have to put that link up? i clicked on it and now i want to go there and take all the cats home, particularly spangle who is 14 and loves to snuggle under duvets, I also like the look of snowy who is described as '14 years young' bless him. they ae just all so gorgeous and none of them should be there, they should all be snuggled up to their own mum and dad in a proper home where they can be waited on and fussed over all day long. bookie- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - There, hopefully this will take you where you need to be. If you have any problems finding it, let me know, OK? Thanks! http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/the-animals-cat-section.asp S;o) |
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On Jun 1, 8:38 pm, wrote:
Lots of Pets in need of homes, the shelters are full =( http://www.tradeurban.com/?action=search&cat=6 Surely this can't be a problem, what with all the starvation in the world... |
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On Jun 2, 9:28 am, sheelagh wrote:
On 2 Jun, 10:40, Lis wrote: On Jun 1, 9:49 pm, sheelagh wrote: On Jun 2, 1:38 am, wrote: Lots of Pets in need of homes, the shelters are full =( http://www.tradeurban.com/?action=search&cat=6 Oh...!! This really does make me sad. Worse, I know it must be terrible for the people working for the shelters too. disheartening & very difficult to fund too? I was thinking about this issue earlier on today actually...we haven't quite reached the point where you are in the USA, over here in the UK. I am going to share a link with you, to my nearest Big Shelter, just so that you can see the difference between adopting a pet over here, to how things are dealt with in the UK. Sheelagh, that's not a link to a shelter; that's a link to an urban advertiser publication. (Do you have those in the UK? Local free-or- really-cheap publications consisting entirely of ads placed by individuals and small businesses?) Those listings are backyard breeders selling their dubiously bred pups, people selling their animals, people trying to rehome their animals themselves, etc. The first thing to take my attention was the price of those Labradors chocolate pups to start with. we have pages full of those kind of ad's too, the only difference is that if it is a private vendor, they want 100's of pounds. if it comes from a shelter, I think the minimum would be around £70 @ least!! Second thing was that I have a horrible feeling that things are going to change drastically in the near future regarding stray pets as more and more of them are simply dumped I was also thinking wondering if it would be better to have a single charity for rescue pets, or small ones. Over here, if you don't have your pet insured, the sky is the limit. We should all have our pets covered... but that is a perfect world, isn't it? I hope we can learn from this before it happens..& I wonder if the national lottery helps them out. I shall find out & let you know. Thanks for sharing this awareness http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/home.asp S;o) You're comparing a shelter to a local urban advertiser's animal advertisements. How we do it he Petfinder home:http://www.petfinder.com/ Petfinder is a great resource that lets you search by the animal, by the shelter, by the region, all over the US and Canada. My local all-animals shelter:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA147.html Local cats-only rescue:http://www.felinefriendsnh.org/ Another local cats-only rescue:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA68.html One local dog rescue:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA90.html Another local dog rescue:http://members.petfinder.com/~MA224/index.html Lis- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - So sorry! It was rather early this am (@ 5.20 am I think?!! try this one if you would, & it should take you to where I intend you to go visit. Trust my luck for it turning out be a cowboy 2bit outfit..Soz mate...Lol http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/the-animals-cat-section.asp This is one of the largest shelters around here. It is where I would go and choose one if I had the space to spare, or fitted the criteria to have one of their Dogs. I think I asked you about Dogs before I am also going to add a link to the Dog page, because whilst looking @ the dogs this morning, ? Can you have a look to see if they are they are a pair of dogs that looked just like your little girl? I could be wrong. It is actually quite s formal procedure if you want to adopt one. You have to fit the animals criteria, rather than the other way around. I think they charge near the £75 mark ($150). I can't see any in there currently that we meet their standards. A lot of them need to be the only dog household, or no cats. what a shame!! (Spike & Mojo BTW) http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/the-anim...ngforhomes.asp S;o) I hope I got the right one this time? & thanks for sharing your links with us...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sheelagh, you weren't that groggy from sleep. You got your link right the first time. It's the OP's link, that you were responding to, that's not a shelter link; just an urban advertiser's animal section. The way he/she posted it gave the impression that it was a shelter; I posted the Petfinder links to give you a look at what our shelter listings look like and what our process really is. Most places, most shelters, it's every bit as formal as what you're used to over there! But it was maybe a bit unkind of me, even though unintentionally, if you've started looking for a dog. All those dogs, looking for homes, and they're all on the wrong side of the Atlantic. Sorry! Lis |
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On Jun 3, 3:58 pm, Lis wrote:
On Jun 2, 9:28 am, sheelagh wrote: On 2 Jun, 10:40, Lis wrote: On Jun 1, 9:49 pm, sheelagh wrote: On Jun 2, 1:38 am, wrote: Lots of Pets in need of homes, the shelters are full =( http://www.tradeurban.com/?action=search&cat=6 Oh...!! This really does make me sad. Worse, I know it must be terrible for the people working for the shelters too. disheartening & very difficult to fund too? I was thinking about this issue earlier on today actually...we haven't quite reached the point where you are in the USA, over here in the UK. I am going to share a link with you, to my nearest Big Shelter, just so that you can see the difference between adopting a pet over here, to how things are dealt with in the UK. Sheelagh, that's not a link to a shelter; that's a link to an urban advertiser publication. (Do you have those in the UK? Local free-or- really-cheap publications consisting entirely of ads placed by individuals and small businesses?) Those listings are backyard breeders selling their dubiously bred pups, people selling their animals, people trying to rehome their animals themselves, etc. The first thing to take my attention was the price of those Labradors chocolate pups to start with. we have pages full of those kind of ad's too, the only difference is that if it is a private vendor, they want 100's of pounds. if it comes from a shelter, I think the minimum would be around £70 @ least!! Second thing was that I have a horrible feeling that things are going to change drastically in the near future regarding stray pets as more and more of them are simply dumped I was also thinking wondering if it would be better to have a single charity for rescue pets, or small ones. Over here, if you don't have your pet insured, the sky is the limit. We should all have our pets covered... but that is a perfect world, isn't it? I hope we can learn from this before it happens..& I wonder if the national lottery helps them out. I shall find out & let you know. Thanks for sharing this awareness http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/home.asp S;o) You're comparing a shelter to a local urban advertiser's animal advertisements. How we do it he Petfinder home:http://www.petfinder.com/ Petfinder is a great resource that lets you search by the animal, by the shelter, by the region, all over the US and Canada. My local all-animals shelter:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA147.html Local cats-only rescue:http://www.felinefriendsnh.org/ Another local cats-only rescue:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA68..html One local dog rescue:http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/MA90.html Another local dog rescue:http://members.petfinder.com/~MA224/index.html Lis- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - So sorry! It was rather early this am (@ 5.20 am I think?!! try this one if you would, & it should take you to where I intend you to go visit. Trust my luck for it turning out be a cowboy 2bit outfit..Soz mate...Lol http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/the-animals-cat-section.asp This is one of the largest shelters around here. It is where I would go and choose one if I had the space to spare, or fitted the criteria to have one of their Dogs. I think I asked you about Dogs before I am also going to add a link to the Dog page, because whilst looking @ the dogs this morning, ? Can you have a look to see if they are they are a pair of dogs that looked just like your little girl? I could be wrong. It is actually quite s formal procedure if you want to adopt one. You have to fit the animals criteria, rather than the other way around. I think they charge near the £75 mark ($150). I can't see any in there currently that we meet their standards. A lot of them need to be the only dog household, or no cats. what a shame!! (Spike & Mojo BTW) http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/the-anim...ngforhomes.asp S;o) I hope I got the right one this time? & thanks for sharing your links with us...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sheelagh, you weren't that groggy from sleep. You got your link right the first time. It's the OP's link, that you were responding to, that's not a shelter link; just an urban advertiser's animal section. The way he/she posted it gave the impression that it was a shelter; I posted the Petfinder links to give you a look at what our shelter listings look like and what our process really is. Most places, most shelters, it's every bit as formal as what you're used to over there! But it was maybe a bit unkind of me, even though unintentionally, if you've started looking for a dog. All those dogs, looking for homes, and they're all on the wrong side of the Atlantic. Sorry! Lis- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You weren't unkind Lis, merely truthful. I can cope with it lol! I can see the mistake I made here too. Nothing like making a mistake for the world to see he he..... Thank you for the genuine links, clearly posted & well explained. Your procedures look somewhat similar to our own in all ways & I am pleased to learn this. Who enjoys ignorance when knowledge is available? I found the link to feline friends/adoption league very similar to our own Cat Protection League. They also place all cats with volunteers and work to ensure that the right message gets to owners regarding cat care & also help with spaying & neutering costs as well. Your also right regarding when you say the doggies are all on the wrong side of the pond;( Never mind..I know that the right one will walk into our lives @ the time when we need each other the most;o) Thanks Lis! S;o) |
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