Informative Essay About Pets

As children, almost everyone has dreamt of having their very own dog or cat to cuddle with, play with, and talk to. And when that time came, they ran to their local shelter, eager to get their hands on the cutest puppy and kitten they could find. Their parents are handed the application and they filled it out, while their kids pressed their face against the glass that separated them from their future best friend. But all the smiles are turned into tears when their application got turned down just because their parents worked full time and the family lived in an apartment. After being rejected, what did the family do? They went to the nearest pet store and bought their loving pet, without being judged on their financial status, their home, or their lifestyle.
Many shelters say that it is for the good of the pet that they turn down “unworthy” clients. But many of these unworthy families would provide a much better home for the animal than the shelter is able to provide. As Jen Dehaan from Dogthusiast.com says, “It's this ‘dual income people shouldn't have dogs if they're gone 8 hours’ that influences rescues to not adopt to very responsible families. I have run into this
“I know for a fact that none of my family members are free most of the time including me. I really wanted a pet until I realized how busy my family and I are. I felt sad when I was told that I can't have pet because I can't take care of it well. I'm not so hurt anymore when I'm told that I can't have a pet because I know for a fact now that I can't take care of it because of how busy I am.” Instead of helping the pets, the shelter is more than often sending the pet to its doom. If more and more people start buying their pets from stores instead of adopting them from shelters, more and more animals will suffer in pet mills, and the perfectly adoptable animals at the shelter will remain there for the rest of their