sorry for the delay in posting - little technical glitch! So
This weeks show is about London's upcoming, Super Adoption day. It is being help on Sat. April 4th, from 10-4pm, at the Western Fairgrounds, special events building
What is a "super adoption day"? I will be joined this week by 3 guests to answer that question.
My guests are Marti , Judy, and Ron.
Marti is with all breed canine rescue, and Judy is with Animalert. Ron works for the city of London, in the capacity of Animal Welfare Coordinator. Thanks to all 3 of them to come and help us learn more about this great project. If you talk to Ron, he'll tell you that it was all the work of the rescue groups - that they have collectively come together to help raise awareness of pet adoption, and the groups that we have here in London that work so hard. The city has helped to provide the venue for the event to take place.
The groups that will be represented include;
Animalert - cats & dogs
Animal Love -cats & dogs
Animal Outreach - cats
All Breed Canine Rescue - dogs
Tiny Paws
Animal control cats & dogs
Animal Aide - cats & dogs
Pet Friends for life
Loyal Rescue
London Humane Society
London Dog Owners Association will also have a booth there to help provide people with information on dog ownership, and adoptions.
The city has an informational page set up here
We will be talking about the work that the rescue groups do - how you can foster a pet - many people aren't completely comfortable making a long term commitment to an animal. They feel like they'd like to have an animal in their lives, but just aren't quite sure. All of the foster groups are always in need of foster homes. A lot of these dogs and cats really have no other place to go. Often, the various rescue organizations just need a temporary home for an animal, and other times, they just need a place where the animal can stay for a little while, until an adoptive family looking for that particular type of animal contacts the rescue group, and the animal can be adopted permanently. While the animal is being fostered, the group will pay for any medical costs that occur, some of them will even provide food and litter.
One thing that I know that Marti, Judy and Ron want me to stress to you is that this day is to come, see the animals, hopefully find one where you are suited to each other, and begin the adoption process. The animals will not be able to leave with you on Saturday, but, as I said it is a way to start the adoption process. Because there are so many different groups represented at the event, and each group has different criteria to asses potential owners, it would just be too massive an undertaking to be able to have the animals leave that day. But, rest assured, if you happen to fall in love this Saturday, the groups will do every thing they can to make excellent matches.
Some people have mentioned to me in the past that it can seem like an inconvenience to adopt an animal when you can just buy an animal out of the paper, or find one on the Internet. I say to them that the reason it can seem like these rescue groups ask a lot of questions is because they have made investments emotionally, physically, and often times monetarily in these animals. Each one of them has a story, and the goal is to find a permanent home for them. To often people get pets that are ill suited to their lifestyle, or they weren't truly prepared, and animals end up back in the cycle of looking for a new home.
When you adopt an animal from a rescue organization, you are truly saving a life. Most times the animals have been in a foster situation for long enough for the group to learn enough about their personalities to help match them to a home that will be permanent. Do you have kids? Do you have any other pets. Are you active and busy, or do you stay closer to home - work full-time or are retired?
These are all very important questions to ask yourself and be able to answer honestly before you consider bringing home a pet.
For a good list of questions, just type in "why do I want a dog/cat" in a search engine, and you'll find a whole bunch of tings to ask yourself!
So, enjoy the show, I am one step closer to posting past shows on here so you can hear them.
Hopefully I'll have that done by next week!
Peace, and love your pet,
-Lisa
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