Pet Adoptions Explode During Recent Crisis
Remember that first pet you picked up from the shelter, the furry little puppy or the cuddly cat. The Covid 19 crisis has ignited a wave of nostalgia for those times as pet adoptions soar during the shelter in place guidelines.
“We’ve set it up online to request a pet and then curbside pickup,” explained Stephanie Bilbro, Austin Pets Alive director of Lifesaving Operations. “Our goal has been no-kill and all adoptions since our inception years ago. We’re heartened that the current crisis has spurred people to fulfill our mission.”
Austin’s municipal leadership recently approved a no-cost adoption policy for all sheltered animals. “Our neighbors are stuck in their homes, and now is the time to add a member to the family,” stated Austin Mayor Paul Adler. “It won’t cost you anything. Just open your heart to a pet that needs a home just like yours,” implored the Austin Mayor and humanitarian.
Documents obtained from the city government in a public records request indicated several members of the greater Austin community have adopted a large number of the feral canines and felines. Three families have adopted seventy five percent of the adoptions, including the Forest family.
Chuck Forest owns a few acres just outside of the Austin city limits and has recently taken in dozens of pets from the shelter. “My heart goes out to these homeless creatures. They’re all part of God’s creation and we love them,” stated Mr. Forest. “My wife Anna is really taking to them, feeding them and making sure they are protected.”
“Pops said don’t give the new pets a name just yet. He said we’ll work that out later,” Charles, Jr. wrote to his teacher as educators solicit information online from children to assess their well-being.
Many American families' grocery bills have gone up as people stockpile food and prices rise, but not the Forest family. “We know how to budget and get by with less,” Anna Forest boasted. “And we’ve been hunting and preparing for this kind of disaster for awhile. So we got lots of frozen meat from hunting.”
“And Pops is keeping them in the shed over the hill because he said he and Mom need to protect them for now,” relayed Jimmy, the youngest of the Forest children. “Every day Mom and Pops come home with the meat from their latest hunt. My folks got real good at hunting lately because they knew we needed the food.”
The other two families who had taken in the bulk of the adoptions refused to comment. Each attempt to talk to the parents of the Smith and Hancock families was met with claims of being too busy hunting to discuss the situation.
“We’ve set it up online to request a pet and then curbside pickup,” explained Stephanie Bilbro, Austin Pets Alive director of Lifesaving Operations. “Our goal has been no-kill and all adoptions since our inception years ago. We’re heartened that the current crisis has spurred people to fulfill our mission.”
Austin’s municipal leadership recently approved a no-cost adoption policy for all sheltered animals. “Our neighbors are stuck in their homes, and now is the time to add a member to the family,” stated Austin Mayor Paul Adler. “It won’t cost you anything. Just open your heart to a pet that needs a home just like yours,” implored the Austin Mayor and humanitarian.
Documents obtained from the city government in a public records request indicated several members of the greater Austin community have adopted a large number of the feral canines and felines. Three families have adopted seventy five percent of the adoptions, including the Forest family.
Chuck Forest owns a few acres just outside of the Austin city limits and has recently taken in dozens of pets from the shelter. “My heart goes out to these homeless creatures. They’re all part of God’s creation and we love them,” stated Mr. Forest. “My wife Anna is really taking to them, feeding them and making sure they are protected.”
“Pops said don’t give the new pets a name just yet. He said we’ll work that out later,” Charles, Jr. wrote to his teacher as educators solicit information online from children to assess their well-being.
Many American families' grocery bills have gone up as people stockpile food and prices rise, but not the Forest family. “We know how to budget and get by with less,” Anna Forest boasted. “And we’ve been hunting and preparing for this kind of disaster for awhile. So we got lots of frozen meat from hunting.”
“And Pops is keeping them in the shed over the hill because he said he and Mom need to protect them for now,” relayed Jimmy, the youngest of the Forest children. “Every day Mom and Pops come home with the meat from their latest hunt. My folks got real good at hunting lately because they knew we needed the food.”
The other two families who had taken in the bulk of the adoptions refused to comment. Each attempt to talk to the parents of the Smith and Hancock families was met with claims of being too busy hunting to discuss the situation.
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