On Jan. 24, 300 animals shelters across the country are giving away a limited number of free pets as part of Change a Pet's Life Day.
I checked the list here and no local shelter is participating, but shelters in places as close as Montogomery and Milledgeville are.
Read the USA Today article here.
I can understand why there would be concerns about giving pets away. Adoptive parents may think because they didn't pay for the pet, it isn't highly valuable.
This reminds me of the classified ad the Muscogee County Humane Society usually runs in the pets section of the paper. It starts off with "What's Free?" and mentions the costs associated with accepting a free pet. Of course, a pet isn't free - having a pet means vet bills, food, shelter, toys and other pet costs...and handling that for the pet's whole life.
This sounds like a pretty cool program for people who don't want to pay a fee for an adopted dog, but I hope adoptive parents realize a shelter fee is just ONE of the things they must pay in a dog's lifetime.
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