Adoptable Quotes

Think Adoption First is the right thing to do, and we are absolutely committed to making this work, to the benefit of adoptable animals and our community animal welfare partners. - James Myers

Puppy mills create misery for dogs and pain for the unwitting purchasers of the animals, and they indirectly deny suitable homes for animals in need. There are millions of healthy, adoptable animals available from shelters and breed rescue organizations. - Wayne Pacelle

It's difficult on staff and it's difficult on the public to realize there are some healthy adoptable animals that are being sacrificed to meet the requirements this ordinance sets forth. - Cheryl Conway

If she was cornered or if you were trying to grab her collar, she would try to bite you. She was very frightened of new people. Anyone who came to meet her would not be able to get too close, thus she was not very adoptable. - Christine Martin

I was trying to think of some kind of educational project so that they'd get more out of their time here, ... When the children learned that the older wild horses that are considered unadoptable could be sold for slaughter, a couple of kids asked, 'How can we stop this?,' and it went on from there. It's sort of an introduction to how they can make a difference, even if they're little. It's great for the kids to learn they can. - Christine Johnston

Animals that go into (shelters) everywhere, if they have anything wrong with them, if they're not social, they're immediately put down. Very few of them are kept, and the ones that are kept are the ones they think would be adoptable. - Carlos Arreola

Adopted pets are the best pets you can have. Most adoptable pets come from loving homes that simply cannot care for them anymore. Or, they are strays who've been on their own without the loving care they deserve. - Josh Duhamel

A child that is free for adoption or may become free for adoption would likely be placed in our home before it would be placed in a home that was not adoption motivated. This prevents the child from being moved from place to place unnecessarily. If a child in our home does become adoptable, we would have the first opportunity at adoption. - Melissa Harwell