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Page 4/The Battalion/Thursday, September 11,1986 Aggieland Yearbook Photographs are now being taken for Juniors, Seniors, Vet, Med & Grad Students by AR PHOTOGRAPHY II Get In The Book Studio Hours: 8:00 to Noon 1:00 to 4:30 Mon thru Fri Texas 707 across from the A&M Polo Field 693-8183 “The Choice of a New Generation” DELTA CHI FALL RUSH ‘86 PEPSICOLA Alcohol will NOT be served. John Helweg 775-2130 Sponsored by Pepsi The House 846-5053 T >- A I M LOUPOTS NEW LAUNDROMAT OLD COLLEGE THE HOUSE Pet adoption program" seeking homes for pets By Patricia Lowry Reporter Every year, 7.6 million dogs and cats are destroyed because they are unwanted. The Brazos Animal Shelter is try ing to shorten the list of unwanted animals through a pet adoption pro gram. The program was created to help provide a temporary home for the 8,000 to 10,000 animals brought to the local shelter each year. “The pet you adopt deserves a lifetime commitment from you,” said Patty Arreola, humane educator for the Brazos Animal Shelter. "We like to encourage people to think ahead about getting a pet — it is not something you jump into on impluse,” she said. An adoption committee reviews all applications for pet adoption. Its decision is based on the type of envi ronment to be provided for the ani mal, the family’s previous pet history and the ability to financially provide for the animal. “While we would love to find homes for all of our animals, it is the quality, not quantity of homes,” Ar reola said. “We do not want a pet to go out license and a discount con neutering. All adopted pets must-I tered. "Pets bring a lot ofjovto and they are totally depem us,” Arre and be an animal control problem,” she said. If the applicant is a renter, a com pleted property owner's form must be submitted with the application, Arreola said. “1 don’t want to discourage stu dents from coining down,” sin* said, “1 want to encourage people to think about what they’re doing before they do it. “We cannot evaluate how much time a student has to spend caring for a pet. We try to have students consider this before an application is filed." If the adoption committee ap proves an application, the ownet must pay an adoption fee of $ la for a dog or S40 for a cat. T he adoption fee includes a phys ical exam, rabies vaccination, counts la said, "If anadm c annot be kept, we encoum pie to bring the pet badto], ter. "We don’t want pets tok cloned just because sooieond b.u i asset! to bring them in.lt ( them back, no matter what" Approximately 2,000 don cats are born each hourj l nited States comparedtoyK pie l>< an pet hour, fins m ™ mal control a major problt reola said. “There just aren't enouft to take care of all thedogsai she said. are encouragedn add consider the! ved in owninei; Student! pets but sh sibilitv iuvt reola said. "We receive calls at the eat h semester about studen cloning pets," she said.“Pet) and adorable, but the mini become an inconvenience,! ease to discard.” Pets, owners get ‘insured’lottl Shelter establishes new licensing progronl By Nancy D. Wilkins Reporter The Brazos Animal Shelter has es tablished a countywide pet licensing program that serves as a “life insur ance policy” for animals by helping to reunite lost pets with their own ers, a shelter of ficial said. The new system, which began last October, makes the rabies vaccina tion/license tag required by law for any dog or cat more than 4 months old available from local veterinarians for a $5 fee, making it easier to get one, said Kathy Ricker, executive di rector of the animal shelter. Ricker said all local veterinarians are participating in the new pro gram, charging $7 to $12 for the ra bies vaccination itself . Before last October, veterinarians would administer the rabies vaccina tion and then issue a rabies tag, Ricker said, and owners also were re quired to register their pets with the animal control office in Bryan oi College Station, w here they received a registration tag. Ricker said owners now need on!\ a single county tag that registers the pet, shows proof of vaccination and serves as identification for the pet. “Without the tag, only 10 percent to 20 percent of the untagged ani mals lost are returned to theit own ers,” Ricker said. “About 99 percent of the tagged animals found are re turned.” The shelter is an impoundment facility for Brazos County. It pro vides care and shelter for unwanted animals, she said, andiss by donations and proceedst registration lees. In return, Ricker said, tht provides a 24-hour phont: for lost and found aninuk gency veterinary care for pets, extended impound® tagged pets and annual rtmi renew trie tag. "It’s like an insurancepol the animals,” Ricker said. By Da’ Rep The Raven ar n and Sai featuring th( Battle of San in the lobhs |n College S exhibit w Houston Me ille. 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