The turn-over rate is rather slow at the Outer Banks Animal Shelter.
The number of animals surrendered and the number of animals adopted are both fairly low.
There have been two animals that I was notified that were adopted in the past week.
One of which was Miss Priss (the terrier I posted on my blog last week).
I did not notice any new animals.
This surprises me how not that many new animals had been surrendered also respectably how few animals were adopted.
However, I always have to keep in mind that I do live on an island.
So therefore the number of surrenders and adoptions being low is understandable.
The only people on the island currently are locals.
Summer brings people from all over and Memorial Day weekend marks the start of tourism.
So I think it will interesting to observe if the adoption rate increases as the number of visitors increases.
Also, I found it interesting that I met two shelter visitors traveled all the way from Virginia Beach to look at adopting animals. That’s a decent travel and I find it heartwarming that these individuals were willing to travel that far to adopt.
This is Jade (#A12691467). She’s eleven years old and needs a lot of love. She has a great deal of medical bills and medical needs. A potential reason why she has not been adopted is her age and medical treatment needed. Jade was truly a bundle of joy to photograph. She was very relaxed and wanted to sit instead of have her picture taken. She has a true personality and I enjoy how I captured her smile. (Also, as a side note, her ears are very tiny and this is the best I could get). 
It is so interesting to me that the turn over rate on the Outer Banks is so much slower than at WCAS. I understand the reason about it being on an island, and there are less people, and therefore less pets (good observation). But I wonder if there are other reasons as well? Good to know people from VA are coming to look at the critters.
ReplyDeleteI would love to see the last week photo of Jade too. Also, does she have a scarf around her neck? It seems to be blocking on of the paws. I would advise to turn that around! She does look happy. I hope she finds a home.