Animal Dumping Season Is Underway: What You Can Do to Help

Ah, early Summer. The birds are singing, flowers are blooming, and people are arriving in droves to dump their pets at local animal shelters. Litters of kittens and puppies conceived and born in the  Spring fill kennels and foster homes at this time of year. To make matters worse, it’s allergy season, and frequently pets are blamed for seasonal allergies and evicted from their homes by irresponsible pet parents who can’t be bothered to see an actual doctor to determine why someone in the family is sneezing and bleary-eyed. Some pets are dumped because their owners are planning summer vacations and don’t want to bother making arrangements for their pets. I’ve even heard of pets surrendered to shelters because a family’s Spring cleaning involved the purchase of new furniture, and the pet no longer matches!

Sadly, at this time of year, shelters are often full to brimming and euthanizing adoptable pets in droves. No-kill shelters and rescues may have to turn pets away. With pet dumping season coinciding this year with a worldwide recession, animal shelters and rescues are working overtime to save as many pets as possible, but many still will never find a new forever home. If you can help without compromising your ability to care for yourself or your pets, now’s a great time to do so.

Adopt a Pet

If you’ve got the space, time, and money for another pet, this is a good time to adopt. Do you want to be sure you’re truly saving a life? Go to Dogs in Danger. There’s no equivalent website for cats, but to find and adopt a cat who might otherwise be euthanized, just check the most crowded open-admission municipal shelter around and choose a cat who is no longer an adorable kitten. Shy adult cats or large tomcats that don’t look “cute” are frequently not adopted.

Volunteer

Foster parents are desperately needed right now. It’s kitten and puppy season, meaning people who can take young animals, orphans, or even a mother with a litter, and keep them until they’re ready for adoption, are in even greater demand than usual. If you can open your home to puppies or kittens,  call your favorite rescue organization now and ask about fostering. Shelters do their best, but they can’t replicate a home environment as far as socialization and quality of care. Young puppies and kittens, whose brains are still developing, need stimulation and socialization in a home environment in order to mature into social and healthy adults.

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...
Please follow and like us:
Twitter
Visit Us
Follow Me
RSS
LinkedIn
Share
Follow by Email

11 Responses

  1. jelenawoehr
    | Reply

    @PetLvr PetLvr [Blog] \\ Animal Dumping Season Is Underway: What You Can Do to Help http://cli.gs/yvj4Q

  2. Sally Siegfried
    | Reply

    Animal Dumping Season Is Underway: What You Can Do to Help …: There's no equivalent website for cats, but .. http://bit.ly/XLChV

  3. HART (1-800-HART)
    | Reply

    (new PetLvr post ).. Animal Dumping Season Is Underway: What You Can Do to Help: Ah, early S.. http://cli.gs/U5tmg

  4. Brian Cuban
    | Reply

    RT @: (new PetLvr post ).. Animal Dumping Season Is Underway: What You Can Do to Help: Ah, early S.. http://cli.gs/U5tmg

  5. Janet Ford
    | Reply

    Don’t forget the dumped horses. Getting very common now. People are finding it difficult to afford them and many are being just ‘set free’. I’ve had to turn down over a dozen horses for ‘free’ in the last two weeks alone! (I do have 4 rescues but can’t take in more than that) So sad…

  6. Karen Griggs
    | Reply

    Adopt a Rescue Cat/Dog… RT @: (new PetLvr post ).. Animal Dumping Season Is Underway: What You Can Do to Help http://cli.gs/U5tmg

  7. Alexander James Bond
    | Reply

    RT @: (new PetLvr pos)..Animal Dumping Season Is Underway: What You Can Do to Help:.. http://cli.gs/U5tmg (via@bcuban)
    Spay & Neuter ur pets

  8. Tapitha K-P
    | Reply

    @bcuban RT RT@ :(PetLvr post)AnimalDumpingSeasonIs Underway:WhatUCanDo2Help: http://cli.gs/U5tmg
    [Spay/NeuterPets!TweetMy Dog@the_LilBuddy ]

  9. The Rock Girl
    | Reply

    Animal Dumping Season Is Underway: What You Can Do to Help …: If you can open your home to puppies or kittens,.. http://bit.ly/je5gu

  10. Healthy Life Twit
    | Reply

    Allergies Animal Dumping Season Is Underway: What You Can Do to Help …: To make matters worse, it&#39.. http://bit.ly/je5gu

  11. Carly Ostermin
    | Reply

    Hi Everyone
    How can people dump animals…. don’t they understand responsibly?
    I have recused a few animals and its so sad to think that people don’t care anymore for their pets!!
    Help them peoples!!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *