The theme of this month’s Pets magazine is “Adopt, don’t shop”, an adage that has become a clarion call in the past decade as shelters burgeon with rescues and SPCA centres around the country sound out daily pleas for animals waiting for their “forever homes”.Their fate, without rescue, is often death. The question we ask is how ethical is it to buy from breeders when there are so many animals waiting for homes at shelters and rescue centres? The IOL Pets team implores you to open your hearts to fur babies around the country looking for forever homes. Saving a life would be a pawfect way to end 2020.
