Due to overbreeding and irresponsible facts of life , there are more dogs in local shelter and rescues than ever before . Many families love toadopt an animalthat take a good home , but still there are many that need a purebred hotdog from a responsible for breeder . This leaves shelters constantly in want of adopted and foster families for the pets in their care , and sometimes they need to get creative to attract those families .
Lee County Humane Societyin Alabama launched their new initiative last week that they are hope will drum up a circle of potential pet parents . ‘ Selfie September , ’ as the event is being called , is off to a great jump already . The humane society has already awarded one free adoption and they had more than 20 selfies posted on their societal media page last week . They ’ve also seen an gain in potential adopted families barricade by this week .
Administrative and volunteer coordinator for the humane society , Emily Bowling , said that the musical theme come up from the shelters conductor TJ McCullough . He was search for a creative way to call for biotic community members to expend time with the animals at the tax shelter and to raise consciousness for animate being acceptance . The outcome encourages community members to visitthe shelterthroughout the month of September and take a selfie with their favored animal(s ) .
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The pictures are send to the Lee County Humane Society ’s social media pages using the hashtag # LCHselfies . At the end of each week , the animal with the most likes via Facebook and Instagram will receive a innocent adoption that is open to anyone in the country . Bowling say that when McCullough nonplus an musical theme , she sustain really excited about it . She says the protection even went out and buy a bunch of selfie sticks for the occasion .
She also tell that theemployees at the shelterare extremely worked up about Selfie September and they ’ve been tracking their hashtag . They are seeing that people in the area are using it and let a lot of merriment with it . Bowling said some foster families have even been using the hashtag with their foster pet at home , which has been great because it show off not only the creature at the shelter , but all the animate being that are presently waitingto be adopted .
societal media likes are tallied every weekend and the pet that is in the lead have a devoid adoption , which Bowling says usually cost between $ 105 and $ 125 . All acceptation from the shelter includea microchip , spay and altering , 30 day of pet health insurance , one free veterinary visit , eight free respect classes for dogs , one gratis grooming session , FIV examination for cats , heartworm testing , and all received vaccinations .
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I do n’t eff about the humane society in your domain , but animal from our local humanistic society do not number with that many freebies . They have their gibe , they are spayed or neutered , and they have a micro chip , but they do n’t get free obedience classes or vet visit . All of those added benefit would for sure goad me to dramatize an brute before ante up the gamy cost of a purebred and all of those supererogatory fees on top of it .
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