Late Post!

This is Ace

He is a very rambunctious puppy. He needs a family that will be willing to put the time and energy into helping him release all of his energy! Don't go into adoption lightly... They really depend on you!

Oh the craziness that is extended family... Art , my boyfriend, graduated from NCSU this past weekend. After his whole family left, I was able to finally go back into the shelter. It was very interesting to see the shelter again. I didn't think I spent that much time away from it but I really did. I went through the required spots and got to actually hold a kitten :). My heart melted of course! I found out that at the Wake County Animal Shelter it costs $45 to adopt a dog and $15 for a cat. This is the case for animals that do not need to be spayed or neutered. If they need to be fixed it costs 45 extra for a cat and 95 for a dog. The question was posed that why they do not just give dogs and cats away. A staff member said to me "It gives the owner a sense of responsibility. If we gave out animals for free there would be a very slim chance that they would care for the animal. We also have to off set the costs of them being taken care of at our facility." The speaker wished to remain anonymous so the name will not be in this blog. There is a new way to foster animals when they are too young to be fixed or adopted. It is called fostering to adopt that costs a total of 200 dollars. When the animal is fixed and is formally adopted they are refunded the money to their accounts.