Posts tagged "homeless pets"

One of the things we love about our jobs here is the fact that we get to bring attention to great causes, one of the main ones being pet adoption. Tuesday is a big day for helping homeless pets because it's Adopt the Internet Day 2011!

Petfinder created this day in honor of its 15th birthday to help spread the word about ways everyone can help homeless pets.

How You Can Participate
Short of bringing home a new furry friend there are many ways you can help.

- You can take a pledge to tell at least one person about pet adoption (and also be entered to win a Pet Hair Eraser® Vacuum from Bissell -- score!).

- Donate your Facebook status and photo to an adoptable animal on Petfinder.

- Use Twitter to share an adoptable Petfinder animal, and more, all of which can be found on Petfinder's Adopt the Internet page.

On Tuesday, March 15, every single one of our posts will be dedicated to the topic of pet adoption, so be sure to check them all out. It's a topic we're passionate about, and we hope you'll join us in helping adoptable animals find loving forever homes!

Some San Francisco shoppers are coming home with fuzzy packages. The shop windows of Macy's Union Square are filled with adorable, adoptable animals from the city's SPCA. Don't believe us? Check out the live Web cam!

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the city's SPCA has done this for 22 years, sending shoppers home with more than 4,000 new pets from the Macy's windows (317 just last year!). Starting in late November and running through January 3, homeless pets fill six store windows from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, with SPCA staff on hand at all times to answer questions and screen potential adopters.

While they tend to bring the same animals back each day until they're adopted, according to the Chronicle, the shelter has a 97 percent adoption rate, so most of these animals will find happy homes whether they're adopted from the store windows or not. Most of the animals in the windows are cats, though small dogs are brought in as well. Large dogs simply don't fit.

When the Chronicle went behind the scenes at one of the adoption days at Macy's, they found that adoptable animals are described in three ways: "Cherry Blossoms" are animals that are a bit too shy for the windows. "Class Clowns" are a little rough-and-tumble, but could work. "All-Stars" are just what they sound like -- perfect for opportunities like this.

Want to know how you can lend a paw? Check out the SF/SPCA's Web site for more information.