Hands For A Paw

For the past year I have really been involved in possibly volunteering at an animal shelter, and while doing some research for this blog post, I found one I really want to volunteer at. PAWS Chicago is a no kill animal shelter, and they believe that just because an animal is homeless does not mean that it has to be killed. I strongly believe in that as well, no animal should be killed because they have no where to stay, what if that same belief was applied to humans, things would get out of control. PAWS Chicago takes in about 3000 homeless animals a year. Think about it- 3000 of those innocent animals could be killed because they were living on the streets. PAWS opened in 1997, and since the day it opened, over half of animal shelter killings have gone down. That is a huge jump in statistics in the past 12 years. Another wonderful thing this shelter does is help out low-income families by spaying and neutering their pets to stop animal overpopulation, which leads to animals with no homes.

I think everything this shelter does is wonderful. They shelter both cats and dogs. They also have an educational program to inform the next generation on how they can help out and volunteer. I would not change anything. This shelter is very public oriented, very appealing and very loving. If I were to get another animal, my first stop would be their adoption center.