Need a Rescue?

If you rescue a pet it could return the favor and rescue you. Pets do this all the time because it seems to me that unconditional love isn't a complicated concept for them. They are pretty intuitive and they give a lot for such a small investment on their person’s part. They convey their love and devotion through body language mostly and a bark or meow now and then. I read a piece in the newspaper a while back about how animals, dogs and cats from the animal shelter, have helped returning veterans and once again an animal’s unwavering loyalty and companionship makes perfect sense. Then there are the pets that you read about alerting family members when there is a fire. And the No More Homeless Pets national conference with 1,500 leaders of the no-kill movement sponsored by the Utah-based Best Friends Animal Society is taking place this October in Jacksonville. This conference usually takes place in Las Vegas but Jacksonville’s dramatic improvement in saving animals got the attention of these sponsors and the lobbying of the Jacksonville Humane Society and First Coast No More Homeless Pets (on Norwood Avenue and a good place to have feral cats neutered) worked to bring it here. Jacksonville is a model no-kill community where 90% of the animals leave city shelters alive. So if you are looking for a friend for life, rescue a pet. You never know whether or not someday in the future the pet you save may rescue you.