| Many non-profit organizations such animal rescues | | | | spaying or neutering. |
| have been gaining popularity and support from all | | | | Often rescue groups receive pets that require a |
| sorts of pet lovers. Basically what rescues do is take | | | | great deal of care and rehabilitation before they can |
| in animals and adopt them out to loving homes. Local | | | | be released for adoption. Foster homes provide that |
| animal shelters can only provide minimal support for | | | | safe transition before a pet can go to their forever |
| pets needing homes. As a result euthanasia is a | | | | home. |
| unfortunate reality of overpopulated shelters. | | | | Besides the owner-pet matching advantage, the |
| All volunteer based rescues such as southern hope | | | | humane society also provides comparatively low cost |
| human society Atlanta even go as far as fostering, | | | | spaying or neutering services and preventative |
| transporting and placing pets in selected homes. | | | | veterinary care. All the shots necessary for a dog or |
| Organizations like this run solely on the support of | | | | cat will already be taken care of or arrangements will |
| their communities, operating on donations and | | | | be made to get those handled when the pet is old |
| fund-raising. Without extremely dedicated and loving | | | | enough. Some humane societies also provide |
| volunteers, rescues such as Southern Hope human | | | | after-adoption services such as continued pet care |
| society Atlanta would never exist. | | | | advise and obedience classes. |
| Most good rescue organizations place their pets in | | | | Another advantage adopting from a humane society |
| homes that will suit both the pet and his new family. | | | | you will pay a mere fraction of the price that pet |
| Factors such as temperament, medical history and | | | | stores charge for "pure breed". |
| age are all taken into consideration when placing pets | | | | By adopting a dog, you are making a difference to |
| in their new homes. So too should the new home | | | | the life of that pitiful creature. You give that creature |
| match the pet. Also committed to providing | | | | the opportunity to continue living in the environment |
| education to the public and to providing low-cost | | | | where love and care reside. |
| veterinary services such as preventative care and | | | | |