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Why do you want to adopt a pet?<\/h2>

Yes, we know that there are many questions, but these are all the questions that will arise when you adopt and when the animal and you share a life together. It is essential to answer these questions honestly to yourself, as the shelters and kennels are full of animals whose owners have not thought through the issue of animal ownership and the responsibility that goes with it, and the only ones who pay for it (and almost always with their lives) are the animals.<\/p>

The fact that you are considering adoption means that you are a responsible and humane person, who has become or wants to become aware of the situation of pets in our country. The buying and selling of “pets” only promotes the trafficking of lives, the “use” of animals as a livelihood, indiscriminate breeding and in many cases situations of mistreatment and violation of animal rights. So please stay out of “that market”, and give those in the shelter a chance. So little by little, if nobody buys, the “business” will cease to be profitable and this situation will change.<\/p>

If you decide to adopt a puppy, as well as being indicated in the adoption contract that you will sign, you must sterilise the animal when it reaches adulthood, as this is the only effective and responsible way we have to fight against overpopulation, the main problem and cause of animal abandonment. Read more here.<\/p>

You can also choose to become a “temporary foster home”<\/strong>. This figure is fundamental for the recovery of many animals and is very little known. Being a temporary foster home means that for a certain period of time (normally until the animal recovers or finds a permanent family) it lives in our home and we provide it with the care and attention it needs.<\/strong> While many may think that it is hard to part with an animal (it always is, but it is worth taking in) with whom you have shared many things, but you have to think that you will always be part of this animal’s life, and that it will probably owe it to that act of generosity that you did when you opened your home to it. This option is very suitable for people who do not have job stability, economic stability, or any other circumstance that does not allow them to keep an animal for its entire life. Come on! Try it and you will see how comforting it is to save the life of a living being.<\/p>

And finally, once you have responsibly and firmly made the decision to adopt, here are a few last tips:<\/p>