BY JENNIFER DAVIES
WHO ARE YOU ADOPTING FROM Adoption
Rules For Rescues?
Adoption is a fantastic option when you’re looking for a new pet to join your family. With wonderful animals available from excellent organisations which offer affordable fees and great benefits, your choices are almost endless. But how do you know if the organisation you’re thinking of adopting from is everything that they say they are?
There are hundreds of animal welfare organisations (AWO’s) throughout South Africa, working extremely hard to help animals in need. Because there’s a powerful emotional aspect surrounding animal welfare, many people blindly trust anyone claiming to help animals, never thinking to dig deeper. Unfortunately, while most organisations really do sterling work, there will always be bad apples doing whatever they want, regardless of consequence, or dishonest individuals breeding or stealing pets for sale while posing as rescuers.
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SEPTEMBER 2021 | PETPRINTS
