Red Door Animal Shelter
I recently decided to go into a couple animal shelters to document what's there. As an exercise and also because I feel very strongly about the amount of animals out there that don't have homes. These photos were taken at Red Door Animal Shelter where they have a ton of adorable cats & bunnies for you to take to their forever homes.
I did not adopt my animal and feel incredibly bad about it. I was young and uneducated about the statistics and reasons why you should fix your animals. Here are some stats on why you should Adopt Not Shop & sterilize your animals when you get them. Pet overpopulation is a huge problem.
- Number of animals in the U.S. that die each year from cruelty, neglect, and exploitation: 30 million
- Number of animal shelters in the U.S.: 4,000 – 6,000
- Number of cats and dogs euthanized by U.S. shelters each year: 3 – 4 million (nearly 10,000 animals killed every day)
I know baby animals are cute but there are many at shelters that have them, you just need to put some extra work into finding one.
Note: A good resource to use is PetFinder.com, the only postings that are allowed on there are from shelters. No breeders or pet stores. You can search by breed, age gender etc.
Shot my derp kitty (Captain Pancakes) as promotion for my studio, Gracie Hagen Photography