Hudson Valley animal shelters caution against giving pets as gifts
Photo credit: Leslie Barbaro | Khloe, a pit bull-boxer mix, is shown in this file photo taken at the Hi-Tor Animal Care Center in Pomona. Local shelters are advising would-be adopters not to offer dogs and cats as pets because families are not necessarily prepared for the responsibility. (July 11, 2012)
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As Hudson Valley residents begin their gift searches, animal welfare experts are advising shoppers to wait until after the holidays to purchase a pooch, no matter how cute a new puppy with a red ribbon tied around its collar may look underneath a Christmas tree.
"Normally, when someone is getting it as a gift, they aren't prepared for it," said Brian Bradshaw, the operations manager at the...
