Have you ever adopted  a stray from an animal shelter?
Yes my last two cats were adopted from a kill shelter.
That is great! I really support no-kill shelters. It's so sad how many animals get put to sleep!
Me too! I abhor kill shelters and that is why I adopted a brother and a sister.
I can see euthanizing sick animals, but it's such a shame for a healthy animal to be put to sleep.
These were four week old babies whose owner dumped at a kill shelter. They are both so beautiful today. I've had them five years.
That's great. It seems the older word pound has gone out the window and everyone says animal shelter these days.
I am a strong advocate for #adoptdontshop as I believe in this so much.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA ; stylized PeTA) is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. A nonprofit corporation with nearly 400 employees, it claims that it has 6.5 million members and supporters, in addition to claiming that it is the "largest animal rights group in the world." Its slogan is "Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment,
Animal shelter
An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals, mostly dogs and cats, and sometimes sick or wounded wildlife are kept and rehabilitated. While no-kill shelters exist, it is sometimes policy to euthanize sick animals, and any animal that is not claimed quickly enough by a previous or new owner. In Europe, of 30 countries included in a survey, all but four (Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, and Italy) permitted the killing of healthy stray