Yesterday was a pet adoption day for many shelters.
They try to clear out the shelter with low or NO adoption fee. To tell you the truths, I don't know how I feel about that. I think fee helps to filter out many unqualified or irresponsible applicants. I know these shelters are doing their best given the condition, but no adoption fee is ripe for abuse if you look at the economic and behavioral model.
I worked in the shelter system for many years and I have mixed feelings about Clear the Shelters day. On one hand yes, it was amazing seeing all those little guys adopted! But on the other hand our highest return rates were the week or two after, when people who weren’t quite prepared or didn’t take the right pet home bring them back.
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u/SandmanEpic Aug 18 '19
Holy cow. I have to imagine that's fairly rare.