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  2. Adopt-a-Pet.com - Wikipedia

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    Adopt a Pet is an adoption web service that advocates pet adoption, gathering information from over 15,000 pet shelters in the U.S. and Canada, with a searchable data base. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The web site promotes spaying and neutering of pets and pet adoption through conventional and social media presence, public service announcements, and ...

  3. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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    The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruelty.Based in New York City since its inception in 1866, [4] the organization's mission is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States."

  4. PetSmart Charities - Wikipedia

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    PetSmart stores host adoption events by partnering with local animal rescue and welfare organizations. In addition, PetSmart Charities sponsors four national adoption events each year showcasing animals from multiple adoption groups in each store. On average, more than 17,000 pets find a new home during each national adoption event. [27]

  5. Animal shelter - Wikipedia

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    Many shelter policies allow individuals to bring in animals to the shelter, often called owner surrender, or relinquishing an animal. An open admission shelter will accept any animal regardless of reason, and is usually a municipal-run shelter or a private shelter with a contract to operate for a municipality. Municipal shelters may limit ...

  6. Pet adoption - Wikipedia

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    Online pet adoption sites have databases, searchable by the public, of pets being housed by thousands of animal shelters and rescue groups. A black cat waiting to be adopted. Because of the superstitions surrounding black cats, they are disproportionately more common in shelters than in the general population and less likely to be adopted than ...

  7. Animal sanctuary - Wikipedia

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    An animal sanctuary is a facility where animals are brought to live and to be protected for the rest of their lives. [1] Pattrice Jones, co-founder of VINE Sanctuary defines an animal sanctuary as "a safe-enough place or relationship within the continuing hazards that menace everybody". [2]

  8. List of animal sanctuaries - Wikipedia

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    Ferne Animal Sanctuary, Somerset, Wambrook, near Chard, originally run by Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton; Hillside Animal Sanctuary, Frettenham, Norwich; Lower Moss Wood Educational Nature Reserve and Wildlife Hospital, Knutsford, Cheshire; Monkey World, Wool, Dorset; Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary, Mousehole, Cornwall

  9. List of homeless relocation programs in the United States

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    For several decades, various cities and towns in the United States have adopted relocation programs offering homeless people one-way tickets to move elsewhere. [1] [2] Also referred to as "Greyhound therapy", [2] "bus ticket therapy" and "homeless dumping", [3] the practice was historically associated with small towns and rural counties, which had no shelters or other services, sending ...

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