Pets are in demand
The lockdown has led to an increased demand for pet animals. I hope the SPCA and any other rescue groups are emphasizing to adopters that if you adopt for when you’re home all day, having a pet can be different if you go back to work away from home all day, and you need to think ahead about that.
Audra Moreno-Rogers 04:28 on 2020-05-22 Permalink
Very true! Its a wonderful thing to adopt a pet. You get a loyal loving friend for life. However in return they depend on you to love, feed, house, and care for them for life. Not just during the time that you need physical and emotional contact during a quarantine. Self isolation is tough for many and they naturally may seek outside connection. But we all must seriously consider the ramifications of our choices, be they logical or emotional. Adopting a pet is the same as adopting a child. This is a life long commitment. It comes with the opportunity for many amazing and fulfilling additions to ones life.
However it also comes with a great deal of personal and potential financial responsibility. This should not be entered into lightly. Pets just as people are not disposable. The commitment is real. How often do we hear about a pet found to have diligently stood by its owners deceased body? Or an animal that willing takes a mortal would to save an officer or other person? On instict and bond alone. Consider the gravity of that. It is never a question by the pet. No it is proof of loyalty, too and beyond the end. Take a moment to process that. It’s absolutely astounding. It seems nowadays the norm is people sacrificing others to save their own skin. It’s as if chivalry of one’s soul has been forgotten. Sacrificed as the selfish pursuit of personal wealth has bff become the acceptable societal norms. The new way we gauge ones personal value.
Can you then understand the gravity and rarity of that loyalty? If so, then by all means go apply to adopt a pet With that said responsibility should equally be distributed to the shelters. They must correctly vette potential adopters. Which means taking responsibility for the life of the pet should the placement not be appropriate or fail.
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