| There was once a time where shelters for animals | | | | More and more animals are getting picked up from |
| are just places where people can dump the animals | | | | the shelter each year, as shelters now provide very |
| and leave them into hands of fate, whether if they | | | | good living standards for the animals that some |
| die or if someone else comes along and save them. | | | | people even consider the shelter before the pet |
| Over the years, shelters have improved dramatically, | | | | store when thinking of getting a pet. There are many |
| and now, it is more than just a dumping ground for | | | | cases where pet owners chose their pets from |
| strays. | | | | shelters and bond just as well with them, and share a |
| In these shelters, cats that have no homes are | | | | happy life together. |
| taken in and cared for, instead of being just left to | | | | Usually, cats in shelters are not that fanciful. They |
| die. They are well treated, and well cared for. Some | | | | may be cats of a more common breed, or even |
| shelters provide very good services and nutrition for | | | | cross-breeds. If you are torn between choosing |
| these cats. Even hygiene at the shelters is well | | | | beautiful cats in the pet shop or these homeless |
| maintained, which provides a healthy living | | | | cats, think of the fact that you will be able to |
| environment for the cats or dogs, which are | | | | provide them a good home and save them from the |
| separated to make things easier for the cats. | | | | cruel fate of euthanasia if the shelter gets |
| Numbers of strays are increasing, and shelters cannot | | | | overcrowded. |
| handle too many animals, as it is a nonprofit | | | | Shelter animals will provide some problems, such as |
| organization. Therefore, for people who are looking | | | | diseases and stress. Cats from shelter with stress |
| for pets and yet do not fancy anything too | | | | are at higher risk than others of contracting |
| expensive or purebreds, shelters have excellent | | | | respiratory infections. They are more liable to bite |
| adoption programs that enables them to bring a pet | | | | and scratch before you two have bonded. |
| home from the shelter, most of the time for free. | | | | Therefore, if you have decided to adopt a cat from |
| These programs are partnered with media channels | | | | the shelter, get it to a veterinarian and test for feline |
| to gain recognition, and so that the public can contact | | | | immunodeficiency virus (FIV). |
| them for adoption procedures. | | | | |