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New KS Humane Society Building Filled To Capacity
Cages at the Kansas Humane Society are over-crowded with pets, even though the shelter just moved to a bigger building.
Reporter: Jennifer BocchieriEmail Address: jbocchieri@kake.com |
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I adopted a puppy from the Humane Society and was extremely pleased with the healthy, spayed, up-to-date shot puppy. Chances are if you can't afford the adoption fee, you won't be able to keep up the maintenance PROPERLY on the dog.
I got my recent little girl from the humane society and have had her 6 months, I couldn't have picked a better place. Yeah the adoption fee was expensive, but nothing compared to keeping them happy and healthy. I got my other dog from one of the area rescues. They are the best dogs I've ever had. To me, mutts are so much better than pure-breds, just gotta make sure they are spayed and neutered. That would def. decrease the amount of animals in the shelters. If I could adopt more dogs I would to save them from being killed. They shouldn't have to suffer because their owners were not responsible. Pets are alot of work.
@Anonymous....the cost of adopting a pet from the humane society is not cheap but your new pet walks out the door completely up to date on vaccinations; spayed or neutered & micro chipped. Add up the cost of those things & it's a lot more than the adoption fee...:)
you don't have to get the shots, all the animals there get all their shots and are spayed or neutered, that's why they charge so much.plus they have "sale" all the time, so it doesn't cost as much.
Spay/neuter, microchip, first set of shots and leukemia test for 1 animal costs quite a bit, I realize it may seem like it costs a lot at the humane society, but price these things at any local vet and you'll see they are not such high prices after all at the humane society.
I agree, the adoption prices are too high.
A few years ago my wife and I took our sons to the humane society to adopt a dog. They would not let us because of the age of our boys. One was six and the other was two. They said the chances of a dog being injured due to the ages of our sons, was far too great of a risk. So, we went out a week later and purchased a Chihuahua. Our Chihuahua is nearly 15 years old and I swore I would never adopt a dog from the humane society ever again. 15 years ago, we could have saved a life, but we got our family pet through a private purchase.
If you didn't charge so much to adopt maybe more people would adopt, but with paying for the adoption fee then having to go to the vet for all shots etc., it can get quite expensive, I know you have to make money to continue but if you want people to adopt then maybe you should reduce some prices.
I adopted a dog from the Wichita Humane Society 3 years ago. She is the sweetest, most lovable pet I have ever had. I would recommend to anyone wanting a pet to visit a Humane Society and adopt a pet there. A pet doesn't need to be a "high dollar" papered pet to be a wonderful addition to a family.
The numbers keep rising because nothing is enforced. They say back yard breeding and puppy mills are against the law, but yet act like people who call and report "puppy for sale" signs are a nuisance, and don't follow up or punish these people. If you're a responsible pet owner, the first thing you do when you get an animal is register it, get it's shots, get it into some obedience/social classes, chip it, and spay/neuter it. Then you keep it contained. Most people don't do this, for that reason, any stray I see comes to my home and does NOT go to the shelter. I would rather feed a dog, than to know another one was put down because someone's been irresponsible.