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Really hope those are permanent homes and there aren't any that get returned.
yeah most shelters stop adoption before the holidays. But I sure hope they were right to do it!
I definitely agree with the idea but I have experienced the opposite. We adopted our dog the day after Christmas last year and were looking at a few different adoption agencies for about 6 weeks leading up to adopting our puppy last year. We adopted through ASAP, we're looking at SPCA (where we adopted our cats 5 years ago), and also looked at 2 local shelters who all had no restrictions around the holidays.
All in all I'm so happy with the experience but I've heard of moratoriums around holidays but outside of rabbits at easter, have never actually seen the idea implemented.
You'd have more luck hoping for Santa to be real...
Lemmy bringing that holiday magic in the comments - focusing on the dogs that might get returned to the pound.
Reality is cruel.
I dont know what it’s like where you live, but in the UK, we get a decent number of ads around Christmas from the Dogs Trust telling people a dog is not just for Christmas. I don’t think it’s that weird that people make the association between dogs being adopted near Christmas and dogs being abandoned shortly after.
Edit: accidentally posted this twice, hence the deleted comment in this thread
Just in time for all the pets that get abandoned after Christmas..
Did they get euthanised
Just in time for people to drop off all their used COVID companions
What?
this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2023
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