Your Green Lifestyle: Adopting a Pet

Tips On The Importance of Looking at Pet Adoption

Living "green" isn't just a simple change to remember to recycle more.  Many aspects of your lifestyle can be eco-friendly.

For example, if you live in a pet-friendly apartment community (view the Grady Management website to view our pet friendly communities) you might want to bring a four-legged friend into your household.  Before you go out and purchase a cat or dog from a pet store, consider adopting a pet!  If you care about the environment and the people and animals who live on this planet, consider these reasons for pet adoption:

1. Think of finding the perfect pet for you: When recycling bottles and cans, you are allowing reusable resources a chance to be made "new".  The animals in shelters can make the perfect companion for you and/ or your family, they just need another chance to prove what wonderful pets they can be!
2. Realize the numbers: According to the Humane Society's official website, over two million pets in shelters are not adopted each year!  One of those pets are likely to be the perfect match for you, and you will know you are helping to save an animal's life.
3. Discover how easy it is to adopt: Adopting a pet can be easy by using the numerous online resources available to find local shelters and even browse the animals available for adoption.  One resource, The Shelter Pet Project, even has numerous social sites to connect you instantaneously to updates on animals!

If you want a pet, consider saving time and money by adopting the newest addition of your family!

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