Was just looking at the Wagga animal shelter's current inmates. I know I shouldn't because it makes me sad looking at all the dogs and cats unfortunate enough to end up in there and I wish I could save them all!
They are absolutely packed at the moment, with dogs/puppies and cats/kittens, as I can imagine every other pound/shelter is in the lead up to christmas (and sadly probably for a few months after). Saw the most gorgeous jack russell cross puppy, he must only be about 6 or 8 weeks old because he is tiny. makes me so so sad that someone could just dump a gorgeous little face like that in the pound, knowing that if no rescue group can take him and no one adopts him from the shelter he is staring death in the face
And even worse is the thought that there are so many more like him out there.

Please please please, if you are thinking about buying a puppy/dog/kitten/cat for your family this christmas, look at your local pounds, shelters and rescue groups first, you may be surprised at what you find, and you'll have the joy of knowing you saved a little life.