Over at the WalletPop.com site, they recently did an article on which was cheaper to own? A dog or a cat? Before I even read the article, I had my mind set that it was going to be the dogs.
I love how they gave some tips on how to save money when considering a new pet, and the #1 way to save…
Adoption
I also liked how they put the reasoning behind it:
To save the most money and to save a life, don’t use pet stores. Get your pet from the pound or ASPCA. You’re more likely to get a mutt or mixed breed there (which, if you ask me, makes a more healthy and emotionally stable animal), but if you insist on a purebred, there are many purebred rescue associations that you can find online by breed: Pugs, Dalmatians, Pit Bulls, and other popular breeds are often discarded when their owners tire of trends.
They had some great tips and lots of good information on the site, so save your money for a Black Friday sale and check out walletpop.com for some tips on adopting or rescuing (and not buying from a pet store) your next animal!
Just finished reading a story over at NBC today about a hiker whom risked his life and saved a trapped dog in a canyon 350 feet below.
All I can say is that these are the stories that truly affect me as a person, the stories like this that I read about give me hope and give me a personal happiness that there are so many genuinely wonderful people out there in the world that care as much for animals as I do.
I wish everyone shared the same view.
Read the rest of the story, it’s a great one over at the NBC Today show.
Brandon Banks, a 16-year-old from Seal Cove, N.L., and 4 of his friends, rescued three dolphins, who’d been trapped in a small and closing gap in the ice of the community’s cove since the beginning of the week.
“You could hear them, and see them going around in circles, and the circle just kept getting smaller and smaller,” Mr. Banks said.
Had it not been for the actions of these young men, all the animals would have died. The community asked for (and were denied) an icebreaker; while a “whale-rescue expert” (Wayne Ledwell) was content only to criticize.