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Help your pet find its new forever home

Pet parents may have to make the difficult decision to rehome their pets. Here are a few tips on how to make the process easier.

WHILE a pet’s first home is meant to be its forever home, there are a few circumstances where the owner will have to make the difficult decision to rehome it.

The Pet Food Industry Association of Southern Africa (PFI) urged owners who are considering rehoming, to do so in the kindest and most considerate way possible.

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“With so many unwanted animals in shelters already, rehoming really should be a last resort,” said the general manager at PFI, Dominique Kuhlmann.

“Rehoming a pet will be stressful for you and even more so for the pet. Every precaution and measure that you can take to make the change as stress-free as possible will assist in the transition,” said Dominique.

 

 

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