One of the major causes of this problem is the runaway animal birth rate. Unfortunately, no one is ready to work on the source of the problem but instead, there are pressures from every side to focus on the symptoms.

Until we stand up to tackle the root cause of this menace, we cannot successfully end the cycle of animal death, homelessness and births. Just like bailing out a sinking ship with a teaspoon the task of finding forever homes for needy cats and dogs is gratifying. Except the hole in the bottom is properly fixed, the boat will still sink.

In a bid to reduce the number of homeless animals in shelters, many animal groups have been running programs and spearheading campaigns aimed at easing the burden on most local sheltering groups. The increasingly growing number of homeless animals can be significantly reduced once these groups stand up to their feet to provide families with superior educational and training opportunities.

Adoption is simply the best way to reduce the number of homeless animals. Most people find it difficult to adopt from shelters and rescues even when these lovable pets are offered up for free. And this is mainly because most of these shelters are not well organized. They are mostly overcrowded which often encourages the spread of sicknesses and diseases among these animals.

Psychologically, animals can begin to feel withdrawn, anxious,, depressed and aggressive after spending as little as two weeks in a traditional shelter. Unfortunately, this is where many of them spend months or years in cages. And even when some of them are finally been adopted, they are often been returned due to one behavioral issue or the other. This alone has even made them less adoptable.

Recently, a pet store did something unimaginable. One day, it just took out all its animals and replaced them with rescues. Knowing fully well that people prefer going to pet stores to buy adoptable pets, it decided to take a day out to carry out the replacement without anyone knowing. Customers were thrilled when they came in and were told that they could go with any pet of their choice for free.

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One mile away, however, he sought refuge, lying down at the door of an as-yet-unopened business: Pet Pros, in the city of Monroe. Zaley was met at 5:30 am by Breanna Findley, who was headed to work at another business in the shopping center.

“From 522 a mile away, from all of the stores, to come to a pet store,” Findley told Washington NBC affiliate KING5. “I was amazed and shocked. He was a smart boy. He came to a smart place.”

Not long after, Findley’s coworker Amber McGar showed up. McGar, a dog owner, had some treats in her car’s glove compartment.

“He started warming up after we brought the cookies,” McGar told the reporter. “I couldn’t imagine how scared he was. That had to be traumatizing.”

Through the Lost Dogs of Snohomish County Facebook group and Zaley’s tag, Findley and McGar were able to find his owner.

“She told me she honestly thought she was never going to see him again,” Findley said.

Zaley got a police-car escort and was reunited with his family. On Monday, she told KING 5 she was having him checked out to make sure he’s okay.

“There’s nothing better than to have your dog back after it was missing,” said Findley.

True, indeed.

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Two people, one working as a store Santa and the other as an elf, have been fired for turning away a little girl and her assistance dog.  They were employed at The Shops at Mission Viejo in California.  Apparently, the pair were afraid of the little girl’s assistance dog, which is a pit bull.

News of the firing was released on Pup-cake’s social media site.  Pup-cake was in line with seven-year-old that she assists with her daily life, Abcde Santos, for over 30 minutes on the day in question.  They were hoping to get a picture together with Santa and his Elf.

Even though the little girl, whom is Autistic, and her dog waited as long as they did for their photo opportunity, when they got to the front of the line, they were quickly asked to leave.  Apparently, this Santa has a fear of pit bulls.

According to reports, even trying to take the dog out of line to just have the little girl go was no good either.  Santa still refused to take a picture with, or interact in any way with Abcde.  Even after the dog was removed.  The little girl was very understandably upset over things.

If there was anything good to come of this, the property group that owns “The Shops” acted very quickly.  The management team overseeing the whole store Santa operation immediately fired the pair for their actions, and so did the company supplying the Santa and Elf employees, Noerr.

In a comment posted to The Shops at Mission Viejo’s Facebook page on Monday, the Shops management team said, “We look forward to welcoming back the Santos family and Pup-Cake for a special Santa experience.”  Fans of the stores Facebook page lauded their quick action in the matter, posting many positive comments.

The Santos family works to educate the public about the American with Disabilities Act – the media release stated: “The Santos family’s goal is always equality education and their offer to provide American with disabilities act training still stands.”

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