| One has obviously heard of adopting children and | | | | responsibility and work. And the sad part is that |
| taking care of their needs throughout their life. But | | | | when the child looses interest, they do not have the |
| the concept of adopting animals is not so prevalent. I | | | | time in their busy schedules to attend to the pet |
| personally came across this phenomenon when I first | | | | personally. And so these poor animals are abandoned, |
| accompanied a friend. She wanted to pick up a dog | | | | sent off to an animal shelter or left stranded to be |
| to fill up the void and loneliness in her life. I went | | | | confiscated. |
| along for moral support and also to ensure that she | | | | While my friend made her choice, I decided to adopt |
| does not fill her house with a myriad of dog species. | | | | a cat myself. I could not take home a dog since my |
| Being a purebred fan, I had never even considered | | | | busy schedule does not allow me to spend the kind |
| the option of adopting a pet. I always felt nice and | | | | of time dogs require. Choosing was easy. As I looked |
| smug about knowing that my older cat is a purebred | | | | in a cage full of kittens, one of them came up to the |
| Maine Coon. Knowing the place from where she | | | | door, held her paw up and meowed. The doleful eyes |
| came always gave me a sense of superiority. It was | | | | were imploring me to pick her up. I knew I had made |
| almost as if by keeping a purebred as a pet, I was a | | | | the right choice when she playfully climbed my |
| class apart. But a visit to the animal shelter made me | | | | curtains at night in my house and a smile appeared on |
| realize my folly. When I looked at the animals in the | | | | my face inadvertently. |
| shelter I could sense that they were yearning to be | | | | To add to it, I have to admit that though my older |
| picked up by a family and to be loved. | | | | cat, the purebred Maine Coon is well behaved she |
| The number of animals that become available for | | | | has that snooty air about her, swishes her long |
| adoption multiplies soon after Christmas. It usually | | | | downy tail around attracting your attention and |
| happens because children coax their parents into | | | | behaves like a pampered little princess all the time. On |
| buying pets for them as gifts but loose interest soon | | | | the contrary, my younger cat from the shelter has a |
| after. The parents do not explain to their children | | | | gentler and loving demeanor and can endear herself |
| that by taking in a pet they are agreeing to a lot of | | | | to you in a second. |