July is Animal Adoption Month

July is animal adoption month. Spring brings the birth of an abundance of kittens and puppies who now need homes. The Humane Society of Pulaski County is celebrating by including a gift basket of goodies, a cute silver tag, and a coupon for a free dog wash with every adoption.

Getting a shelter pet is great. You get to give an animal a chance at a home and you get a great loving pet. About 25% of shelter animals are purebred.

The shelter fees may seem "expensive." The fees are more than getting a free animal from a classified ad, but you get the animal's vaccinations in most cases, a spay/neuter operation and you get to help other homeless animals because your adoption fee goes to support shelter operations.

I'm in the market for a cat. I'll be heading down to a shelter (or two) later this week to find one. Check out my list of shelters to do the same.