Hey!
"Rent-A-Pet" is a student-initiated project which allows
potential pet owners to "rent" (in other words, adopt) a pet from
SPCA* for a period of 3 months, as the title suggests. Clients are
to pay a 50% deposit of the total cost of the animal for the
adoption fee. The remaining 50% will be paid if he/she decides to
take care of the animal for good. However, once he/she returns the
pet, he/she will not be receiving any refund. He/she must not
mistreat the pet during these three months.
Anyway, the rationale of this scheme is to instill in pet owners
a sense of responsibility and ownership in taking care of their
pets. With animal abuse and neglect on the rise, it is important
that pet owners know what they have signed up for when they choose
to have pets. We also hope to increase adoption rates by allowing
pet lovers that are unsure about their ability to care for the
animals to have a go at it without taking on the full
responsibility. This way, a wider audience will be more willing to
adopt the pets.
So, what do you think about this scheme? Do you think
it's feasible? Do you think it requires more improvement? If so,
leave a comment!
Thank you!
*SPCA has not approved of this scheme. As stated above, this is
a student-initiated idea and this post is intended to gather views
on "Rent-A-Pet".
This Rent-A-Pet scheme will failed.
Because of a lot of fault factors which the student did not
consider.
Faults
1) Dogs in SPCA - are mostly stray or abandon dogs - not all of
them suited for rental or even handle by strangers. Usually Dogs
for rental need to be selected for the temper and other factors and
had some former training.
2) 3 weeks is too long !!!
Why oversea rental works is because if they mainly rent out by
hour or the day itself, the dogs usually are return at
night. It is highly popular as it allow those people spend
time with pets but do not know or need to take care
of it. - leaving the major care to the professional. For
animals, they usually get a day off between the daily rental -
thus reduce their stress. Health and abuse can be spot
fast.
