Finding New Homes for Our Friends

There are those among us who might proclaim “I’m a dog person” or “I prefer cats.”    I’d have to fall into the “none of the above” category.   All these creatures have precious and noteworthy qualities.   Our home shares space with both canine and feline friends, each with her own distinct personality.   With that in mind, it’s good to see groups like the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter host a free pet adoptions day like the one I attended yesterday in Georgetown, Texas.   If adopters chose and adult dog or cat, all fees were waived.   Puppies and kittens were adoptable at half the regular fee.   Shelters all over are notoriously overcrowded.   It’s good to see the public come out and give these sweeties a home and family.  The Williamson County shelter is participating in the 2014 Rachael Ray Challenge and hopes to place as many pets as possible throughout the summer.    Also at Saturday’s adoption event were volunteers from Georgetown Animal Outreach, a group of volunteers that work with area shelters, providing foster homes and other means of support for otherwise unwanted animals.   Their available pets came with a small adoption fee to help defray their operational expenses.   Since they are a non-profit managed by loving volunteers, I completely understand that.   The final photo shows two sleeping puppies, part of a litter of eight pups brought by GAO.  These  babies and their siblings were left in a box on a doorstep.    Thank goodness they found their way to Georgetown Animal Outreach.