Just two weeks ago, the Adams County, Pennsylvania, SPCA was near capacity as its kennels were filled with dogs needing homes. Now, for the first time in nearly 50 years, there are no dogs at the facility and the recent residents are spending the holidays with their new families.
“To say that we are beyond excited is an understatement! The staff and volunteers have worked VERY hard to take care of the animals in our care and to make sure they got adopted to the right home!” the animal shelter said in a post on Facebook Friday. “This is the first time in 47 YEARS that the Adams County SPCA is empty let alone at Christmas time, it is a true miracle!”
There was one cat taking refuge at the facility, the shelter said – a stray arriving just before the announcement.
Really hope those are permanent homes and there aren’t any that get returned.
yeah most shelters stop adoption before the holidays. But I sure hope they were right to do it!
You’d have more luck hoping for Santa to be real…
Lemmy bringing that holiday magic in the comments - focusing on the dogs that might get returned to the pound.
Reality is cruel.
I dont know what it’s like where you live, but in the UK, we get a decent number of ads around Christmas from the Dogs Trust telling people a dog is not just for Christmas. I don’t think it’s that weird that people make the association between dogs being adopted near Christmas and dogs being abandoned shortly after.
Edit: accidentally posted this twice, hence the deleted comment in this thread
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Just in time for all the pets that get abandoned after Christmas…
Don’t worry so much, I’m sure your family isn’t that disappointed in you.
A little uncalled for, don’t you think?
Can’t blame people for projecting
Yours, on the other hand…
?? Imagine needing to resort to personal insult…
Just in time for people to drop off all their used COVID companions
What?
Did they get euthanised
