| Charlie Brindel has promised to offer $10,000 to | | | | adoption than there are people willing to adopt a pet |
| Haven-Friends for Life animal shelter in order to bring | | | | from a shelter. It is also difficult for shelters to |
| the shelter to state standards. The 81 year old | | | | screen the people wishing to adopt a pet. Some |
| military colonel had received a bonus from the last | | | | people prove to be unsatisfactory pet owners in |
| place he worked and tries to challenge the | | | | time. Other people who might have proven to be |
| community to donate so that state standards for | | | | careful pet owners get refused. |
| the shelter can be achieved. The money will be used | | | | Adopting a pet from a shelter means saving its life. |
| to complete construction of new buildings, fix fences | | | | There are animals in shelters that could make great |
| and for other improvements. The shelter in North | | | | pets and adopting them means giving them a home. |
| Carolina has a high kill rate. Investing money in its | | | | Good shelters are made from people who love |
| facilities could lower down this rate and help provide | | | | animals and sometimes bright and modern shelters do |
| a more adequate environment for animals that come | | | | not treat their animals with enough compassion and |
| to live at this shelter. | | | | attention. Animals that arrive in shelters need time to |
| City shelters have often been accused of neglect. | | | | adjust to a new environment and people working in |
| Animals are not always properly taken care of and | | | | shelters are very important for making such a |
| million of pets are killed in shelters across the US | | | | transition easier. |
| every year. However, it is easy to misinterpret what | | | | Money is always useful for an animal shelter. Most |
| happens in an animal shelter from the outside. | | | | shelters have a limited budget and donations are |
| Shelters euthanize animals because they do not have | | | | extremely useful. Not only money is needed, time is |
| money to house all the animals that are in need. | | | | also important for animal shelters. If you can spend |
| Prevention of animal cruelty is always a focus for | | | | some of your time helping an animal shelter, there |
| organizations that are dedicated to the well being of | | | | are plenty of things you can do there. You can walk |
| animals. But when judging how well an animal shelter | | | | the pets, feed them or even take it home until it is |
| manages to take care of the animals inside has to | | | | adopted by someone. With over crowded and |
| take into account the resources that are available for | | | | under-staffed shelters there will be always something |
| the shelter. | | | | to do for a volunteer. |
| Even if a shelter has a comprehensive health | | | | Animal shelters have to work on small budgets but |
| program, there will always be sick animals. Most of | | | | have enormous responsibilities. The animals they take |
| the animals arriving in shelters are not vaccinated and | | | | care of need food, medicine, veterinarian care. Money |
| some have contagious diseases. Adopting pets from | | | | and volunteering will never be too much for animal |
| a shelter is an option that is not yet covering all the | | | | shelters across the country. |
| demand. There are much more animals that need | | | | |