Opt to adopt nearby pets

The Wisconsin Humane Society does awesome things for people and their pets. They use their website to help people find animals in the community that need to be relocated to another home. You can find pets to adopt or foster. Their website receives a lot of traffic, so they are very helpful when it comes to getting animals to new families.

The Humane Society, and many, many people, strongly encourage adopting pets instead of buying them. On their website they explain many reasons to do so: you’ll save the life of the animal who was in the shelter and open up a spot for abandoned strays who need it, you’ll get a great companion, it costs you less, and maybe most importantly, it fights factory-style breeding, like puppy mills. All of these reasons and more are why there is the Virtual Rehoming link on the Humane Society website to find animals nearby that need a loving home.

Even if you can just foster a pet, it really helps the animal to get out of the crowded shelter.

If you can no longer afford to keep your pet for any reason, the Humane Society also does its best to help you both. They have a fund to help people support their pets in tough financial times, or if you decide to re-home your little friend, you have resources for finding them the right location.