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Old March 3rd, 2011, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by kathryn View Post
Exactly. Having been in shelter work for a while, I can tell you it's not until a pet has an interesting story do people care. Cute dog thrown into traffic and hit by car? Guaranteed adoption. Just another stray cat brought into the shelter? Off to the euthanasia room you go!
that was my thought exactly, people only want to adopt a pet so bad after they have seen it in the newspaper or heard it survived some unfortunate event, and i mean it is great that the puppy is getting adopted but why didnt they go and adopt one before ?
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