Fears, Facts And Forever Homes: What We Know About Free Pet Adoptions

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Free pet adoptions have become more popular with shelters and rescue groups. Those who promote them find they can bring attention to senior pets, feral cats and pets... see morewith medical conditions. In addition, these promotions increase foot traffic to adoption events and shelters, raise awareness of shelter animals, and attract positive media attention. In contrast, many people in the animal welfare community are concerned that pets adopted without a fee are more likely to be returned to the shelter or obtained thoughtlessly. Which position is best supported by research and experience?

Presenter: Susan Krebsbach, DVM
Date: July 24, 2014
Venue: Maddie's Institute Webcast see less

2. Free pet adoption events:

Are a psychological marketing tool.

Attract unqualified adopters.

Are not appropriate to be used for animals with medical conditions.

Give shelters and rescue organizations a bad public image.

Do not have any reliable research that verifies their effectiveness.

4. Research on free pet adoptions tells us:

Free cat adoptions do not significantly reduce the cat population.

The attachment level is the same for a pet whether or not an adoption fee was paid.

The majority of pets adopted from a fee-waived adoption event do not remain in the adoptive home after six months.

The majority of pets adopted from a fee-waived adoption event have not seen a veterinarian within 12 months from the adoption date.

The majority of people who adopt pets at a free pet adoption event do not value animals or the pet being adopted.

5. Research on free pet adoption events indicate:

Participating adopters would return to the same group to adopt another pet in the future.

Participating adopters would recommend adopting a shelter pet to their friends, family, co-workers and neighbors.

They portray the animal shelter or organization as uncaring.

The majority of participating adopters have a bad experience during the event.

A and B.

6. Alachua County's participation in Maddie's Pet Adoption Days:

Resulted in a total of 49 homeless pets being adopted.

Included the adoption of only healthy pets with no special needs.

Exemplified a community coming together to save lives.

Involved just the Alachua County Humane Society.

None of the above.

7. "Tips and Tools" on free pet adoptions:

Are limited in scope and variety.

Are abundant and vary from videos to webinars to written information.

Provide only anecdotal information and little fact.

Are currently in the development phase and are yet to be available.

Do not exist.

9. The benefits of free pet adoption events include:

Adopting a larger number of animals.

Highlighting special populations of animals.

Increasing foot traffic to adoption locations.

Attracting positive media attention.

All of the above.

11. Examples of real-life experiences with free pet adoptions showed:

The initial fear of attracting unqualified homes was confirmed.

They were never tried more than once.

Return rates from free adoption events are significantly greater than the national average.

They helped spotlight and place tough to adopt animals.

Waiving fees does not increase the quantity of animals adopted.