BC, Canada

BC SPCA Adoption Challenge 2003

  

 

 
The BC SPCA has launched an Adoption Challenge. With shelters full of healthy, adoptable animals looking for new homes, we are challenging BC communities to focus on adopting animals the month of September. Whether a dog, cat, guinea pig, rabbit (or other animal) consider adopting from one of our shelters.  

The Society is also creating a friendly challenge between our SPCA Branches to see which shelter adopts the most animals.

Why adopt a shelter animal?

  • We have fabulous animals that just happen to be going through a transitional phase in their lives.
     

  • Shelter animals have many added value features: they are vaccinated, health checked, microchipped, and most are spayed or neutered -- plus many shelters are able to offer free flea control, collars and other valuable necessities. You also get an adoption kit with care information and a copy of our magazine AnimalSense featuring more information about animal issues. What a deal!
     

  • Every time an animal is adopted from one of our shelters it makes room for another animal in need. The sooner we get the animals into permanent homes the better for the animals. Our staff and volunteers also say thank you, thank you, thank you a lot.
     

  • Shelter environments are not like someone's home. Living in a shelter can be stressful so the sooner they are rehomed the better. We also like to see their tails wag as they leave.
     

  • We save precious donor dollars by adopting animals as soon as we can. These funds can then go toward our mission work that includes spay/neuter programs, rescuing animals, enforcing animal cruelty and humane education -- all issues that motivate our staff and volunteers!
     

  • Indirectly, adopting shelter animals helps reduce the demand for puppy-mill bred dogs and from backyard commercial breeding operations. We don't like puppy mills.
     

  • By adopting a shelter animal you are giving an animal a second chance while benefiting from a life-long relationship of unconditional love. Brings a tear to our eye -- really.

Visit your local shelter today and adopt a friend for life.

Not Ready or Can't Adopt?
You can still support the animals by donating. The BC SPCA has incurred huge expenses this summer with the fire crisis in the Interior and desperately need your support. See BC SPCA NEWS for details.