Luckily Truman already has a home, but there are plenty who are still looking. Photo:cygnus921/Flickr
August 12th has been declared "Adopt-a-Less-Adoptable-Pet Day."
Petfinder, one of the largest pet adoption sites with more than 12,000 adoption groups, has dedicated a section of its site to old, crippled, and mostly ignored animals in need. The purpose of today is to try and get the word out about these lovable pets looking for a place to call home.
Petfinder surveyed its rescue partners and found that almost half of the agencies have pets who have been in their system for over a year! Age, size, and medical conditions like incontinence and FIV seem to be the leading causes for amazing animals to be overlooked.
If you're looking to adopt, don't hesitate! Today (and any day for that matter) is a good day to look past the adorable kittens and find out just how rewarding adopting one of the underdogs (or cats!) can be.
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My mommy wrote about this too. She's the Houston Dogs Examiner.
I, too have a three legged cat. The shelter told me he was passed over so many times because people were afraid of his disability, plus he had ear mites and he stunk!. A little kitty makeover and now he is a star. He's the sweetest pea in the pod and has no idea he's missing a leg! Sami has no issues getting around, keeps himself impeccably clean and curls up at my feet every night.