Adopt a pet? SPA launches SOS summer campaign
Animal protection group SPA has launched an 鈥淪OS adoption鈥� campaign to boost pet adoption levels amid claims that shelters are 鈥渇ull鈥� and pet rescue figures are dropping ahead of the crucial summer months.
Just two months ahead of the long summer school holidays, the has said that domestic animal shelters are reaching peak capacity.
It is boost adoption levels and raise awareness as summer approaches.
The timing is not accidental; as the SPA : 鈥淪ummer is a critical period because one third of abandonments take place between July and August.鈥�
In addition, SPA figures show that rescue numbers - the term given for when new owners give abandoned pets a proper home - have dropped by 10% in the first four months of this year.
As a result, the group is now organising on June 2 and 3, across 63 shelters and SPA Houses (Maisons SPA).
The campaign is seeking to show that pet rescuing can boost happiness and wellbeing levels among owners.
It asks: 鈥淒id you know that adopting [a pet] can make you happy?鈥�
Natacha Harry, : 鈥淟iving with an animal is very stimulating, and their unconditional love can help ease and even cure certain human conditions. Animals are therefore a conduit of wellbeing [and] certain shelters now organise animal therapy sessions for fragile individuals.鈥�
