Heartland pets adoption increased during the pandemic
Heartland pets adoption increased during the pandemic
By Noelle Williams | April 30, 2021 at 10:17 PM CDT - Updated April 30 at 10:26 PM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - One positive thing that came out of the pandemic is that more fury pals are being adopted. A year in the pandemic, local animal shelters explained folks are still looking to bring a pet home.
“It’s that perfect time to see what life with a pet would look like,” Zach Boerboom, the Shelter Operations Coordinator for the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri, said.
He said pet adoptions have remained consistent during the pandemic. They’ve seen people of different ages and from different places looking to bring a pet home for the first, second, and even third time. “We definitely had a lot more people interested in adopting or even interested in short term fostering. Just getting a pet into their home for short term during the pandemic”