The truth about free pet adoptions

August 29, 2017

Once shunned, no-fee pet adoptions have really come into their own. It was once conventional wisdom in the animal shelter world that pets adopted for free would suffer at the hands of diabolical people lurking in the shadows just waiting to abuse them. Surely, we thought, people who get animals for free don’t value them,… Learn More

Evidence supporting free pet adoptions keeps mounting

June 12, 2014

At our recent Maddie’s Pet Adoption Days, the nation’s largest free pet adoption event, over 16,000 dogs and cats found homes in over 500 communities across the country. However, many animal advocates worry that free adoptions result in unhappy endings for the pets. The ASPCA has added yet more data to the growing body of evidence supporting fee-waived adoptions with a case study conducated at the Edmonton Humane Society.