Wednesday and we are woofing. Mom has the day off from work so I decided to discuss Remember Me Thursday as it is tomorrow and a very important day.
Remember Me Thursday is a day to honor all pets who never found a loving home, I am one of the blessed and lucky ones to have found one (rescued from the Carlson Shelter).
One of the important ways of spreading the word around about Remember Me Thursday is to draw the attention to those wanting a pet and stop them from buying but instead adopting from a local shelter or rescue organization.
I do not believe in buying a pet, will not do and will fight against the Puppy Mills and other Breeders till all the shelters are empty and all the pets have homes. I have watched over the years how pet owners speak about rescuing but go out and buy for themselves a pure bred dog when they could be going to a pure bred rescue organization to adopt from instead. I thank goodness live in a city where pet stores are not allowed to sell pets but if I know of one, that one would not get my money.
How to get involved with this special day :
01. Find an event near you – there are events being held in California – unfortunately not near me but it is awesome to see that it is happening at :
a. Helen Woodward Animal Center in San Diego
b. The Animal Protectorates in Burbank
c. The Little Lion Foundation, Live Love Animal Rescue, Long Beach Animal Advocates, Helen Sanders CatPAWS in Seal Beach
d. Victor Valley Animal Protective League in Victorville
02. Hold a pet food donation event
03. Educate children about rescue and not buying from a breeder. (I as a teacher have taught all my pupils about rescue and taken some to rescue events)
04. And for me the most important one is to share all over social media to bring awareness to everyone.
05. Be the voice for the orphaned pets
So Layla is calling on everyone to adopt a pet, give them a home, so that they will be one of the lucky ones sleeping in a bed tonight and not in cold shelter with all the noise and stress around them.
So let us shine the light on all the orphan pets in all the shelters and rescues all over the world and help them find a home.
Thank you with a woof and love from
Layla
Both of the Bayou Boys were “adopted” from people who couldn’t keep them. We will adopt our next dog and probably choose a senior. Thanks for helping shine the light on shelter pets.
Thank you for adopting and I love your two – we need to shine the light on shelter pets all the time
Great post Layla,
We felines from The Tribe of Five are all rescues and we want every single fur kid to be as lucky as we all are and find a furever home.
Purrs & Head Bonks,
Alberto & The Tribe of Five at FelineOpines
Thank you and as I said Layla is one lucky girl to have found home and we must pray for all the others
Layla, thank you so much for being a voice for adoption! Thank you for joining us on Remember Me Thursday to be a voice for adoption. Let’s cross our paws that all animals find a home.
Lola we are praying the same – Layla is adopted and we want more to have that same chance
I’m seeing a lot of posts about this. Hopefully the word getting out will encourage more people to adopt.
Me too and we should be doing it daily
I would love my next dog to be a senior Husky rescue, a sister for Icy. Thanks for all you do to promote rescue and educate others!
Love & Biscuits,
Dogs Luv Us and We Luv Them
Thanks Cathy and that would be awesome, waiting now ……..
One simple thing that anyone can do to help rescue pets find homes is to like your local rescues on Facebook, and then share their posts. You never know, the picture you share could be the beginning of a new family!
So true and I do that plus donate to them whenever possible
Adoption is the way to go! Theo was four or five when we adopted him, and I’m pretty sure I’ll never have a puppy again.
Beth neither will I, adoption only
We frequently donate to pet food bank. Anybody can help out somehow; it doesn’t have to be expensive or hard.
I so agree with you, every little bit helps
Rescue and adoptions rock, totally rock! Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
Thank you for the blog hop and only rescue in my house
We participate in several fundraisers and events with our local Humane Society to help give back. Layla, you’re a beautiful girl shining a bright light on pet adoption!
Thank you Irene and I am so proud of her
#RememberMeThursday is THE day of the year pet adoption matters and 30% as the number of shelter pets adopted is totally criminal. That’s millions of pets in the USA alone every YEAR!
Adopt a shelter pet today!!!
Amen to that and adopt is the only way to go in my house
Great post to shed light on such an important day. I wish I knew about this in advance. I love your ideas in ways to help orphan animals in need. As for me, I’m so happy that I became a new foster mom. It really does change their lives to experience what a home feels like instead of existing in a shelter.
You are amazing Kamira and am loving following your story with your foster
I truly understand the need to adopt pets from shelters and rescues and support those who agree to do so. I don’t agree with your position that no pets should be purchased from reputable breeders until all pets are out of shelters. My girls came from a wonderful lady whose cats were like family to her. I see nothing wrong with supporting both reputable breeders and rescue organizations.
My dream is that one day there will be no need for shelters and rescues.
I understand you but unfortunately shelters and rescues will always exist as long as there are breeders so that is why I feel the way I do
We are going to agree to disagree. Not all cats and dogs in shelters and rescues are the result of breeders. Many are the result of people not spaying and neutering their pets and allowing them roam free and breed. OR there are people who just don’t care and “throw away” their pets. I respect your opinions and passions. I also value the continuity of breeds of both dogs and cats through reputable breeders. It isn’t the breeders who are causing shelter overpopulation, but people!
It is like so many things in life we will agree or disagree because everyone has their own opinion.
Great post and I love your list of ways folks can help! Together, we can all be a force to help the homeless and voiceless. Pinning to share!
Thank you for pinning and your compliment. I agree with you that we must become the voice for the voiceless