Monday, June 9, 2014

Find Animal Rescue Groups Nearby

By Sally Delacruz


Some animals are always seen wandering around and very dirty. They are animals that are without owners. People sometimes tend to take in such animals and keep them as pets, playmates for their children, for security, companionship and even just for their love of animals. It is always good to find animal rescue groups for animals that are left abandoned just wandering around so that they can at least be fed and well taken care of.

Some of the animals that often fall victims of being abandoned or unwanted are; dogs, cats, birds etc. Even wild animals such as monkeys, snakes, tigers are sometimes adopted by these animal rescue groups. The main purposes of forming these groups are to save and take care of the misplaced animals; educate people on the importance of animals while encouraging them to adopt.

These organizations are mostly formed by volunteers and most of them are often non-profitable. It should however be noted that an animal rescue group and an animal shelter are not the same. While a rescue group is an organization formed for the purpose of taking care of the homeless animals, a shelter only hosts the homeless animals brought in mostly by the rescues until someone interested in adopting them comes.

There are different types of rescue organizations and for different purposes. Some are for research; - this one may be funded by the government or by the nongovernmental organizations or just individuals. In this case, these animals are kept in different cages or rooms depending on the type of research that is to be done on them.

Another is that the staffs in shelters usually receive payments for their work while in rescue groups there is no payment since most of the people are volunteers and the funds they usually get from the donations are for the up keep of the animals.

There are many reasons why one should adopt a pet from shelters or rescues which are; you will get a healthy pet since they are checked by the veterinary before adopting. The second is you will give a lonely homeless pet a home and family, once you adopt it, it becomes part of your family. If an individual decides on adopting a dog the benefit he/she gets is that it keeps thieves or burglars away thus protecting your home.

It is always recommended for people to adopt or take animals from rescue sets because with this one you are sure that the animal has been well looked after in terms of health through proper animal foods and vaccinations which should be closely considered.

Animals like dogs are also known to help and be a guide to the blind and also help the police in most of their search. There are many positive reasons why one should adopt so thinking twice is not an option if you want to adopt it.




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