Quote Originally Posted by denny View Post
If you feel strongly about this (and are able to do this) then volunteer to help in your local shelter, offer to sponsor a pet, etc. There may be many ways we can help without displacing or euthanising a beloved pet.
Most communities now have fostering programs, too. It's rather nice, you can foster a homeless pet for awhile while a permanent home is found for it. It's especially nice, since the foster mom/dad can give some information to the new home, like if the pet is housebroken or if it hates men in hats, whatever.
You can't get that info from the pound or humane society, so many many people are going to the foster program to adopt dogs and cats, too.
So, fostering is another way to help.
Fostering allows you to have a pet for awhile, it allows you to help socialize any pets you do have, and it can be quite fun to "borrow" a pet for awhile while also helping to find it a good home.
Our local fostering group (Pet Overpopulation Prevention) also takes donations and helps people with vet care, etc. they are a great group of people.