People are very confused why there are adoption fees. There are so many expenses operating an animal shelter and or animal rescue. Just to house homeless pets is a huge expense.  Many homeless pets are waiting there for months or years and it’s costly.  These pets need to be up to date with all their shots, micro-chipping, spay/neuter etc which is another huge expense. Animal shelter employees are paid very little and animal rescues like ours at LOVETHEPAWS are run by all volunteers.  Animal shelters and animals rescues are constantly trying to recruit volunteers and fosters but it is an endless search.  If they could obtain fosters there would be no killings in animal shelters.  Fosters are people who will house the pet until it is adopted.

Donations are a huge problem.  Most of the public donate to the larger charities that have huge expenses such as: salaries, health insurance, retirement plans, rent etc. Very little goes to the actual cause that created the charity.

Many people believe veterinarian doctors make a lot of money and do very well, yet their suicide rate is very high. The education cost to be any doctor these days is a huge expense. Just google this information and you will find out the reality of veterinarians. If you think back to high school these were probably the students at the top of the class.