wibeke wrote:Jeremy-Wolf-is-Nerdy wrote:
And it makes me think; SHELTERS HAVE MONEY. We don't need to see poor animals that the shelter can take care of themselves.
A lot of shelters don't though, that's why they run so many of those ads. With how bad the economy is people can't afford to take care of their pets anymore and few people can adopt pets right now because they'd have trouble providing for it. So the shelters get all the pets, but aren't adopting enough out/getting enough donations to care for the animals.
Or at least, that's how it's been going over here. They really do need the money, it's not just for the purpose of making people sad. =/
Either way I always feel awful when those commercials pay. They're so cruel. Dx
Those commercials are actually part of the reason I have my cat. xD I was thinking about getting a kitten or something since we'd just put my old cat down. I didn't want to 'replace' her, but I missed having a kitty. My little Tobi, then called Marley, had been there two months already and she didn't have anyone interested in her, partly because she's not a kitten and partly because she's not exactly what you'd call 'attractive'. xD No one can agree on what color she is, she's severely prematurely gray around her face (She's only three, lol), Her whiskers are all crooked and different colors, She has a naturally 'grumpy' look no matter her mood, she's missing half an ear, and she has a dark green splotch in her left eye.
I kept thinking about how people always go for the cute, little ones so I asked to hold her to see if she was sweet and she curled right up on my lap and just purred away. <3 I don't think I could ever regret getting her. x3
I always feel bad for pets in shelters that get overlooked because they're not cute or young. :< I can only imagine how many 'perfect fits' there are in shelters that may never find homes because they aren't physically attractive.