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To place your Advertisement here for FREE, you are not permitted to ask for money for your pet unless you are an Animal Shelter or Animal Rescue Group requesting an "Adoption Fee" prior to Adoption!

"FREE TO GOOD HOME ADVERTISEMENTS" Are Required To Do Background Checks On Prospective Adoptive People / Families, PRIOR To Adopting Their Pet Out!

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ADOPT All Breeds - Beautiful. kittens & young cats. Barn cats too. In MD, VA, DC. Save a Life. 202-244-2866.

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How to Stop "Free to a Good Home" Ads

Call advertisers to speak with them personally about the dangers that the animals face. Or if you're on the shy side, dash off a letter or drop them a leaflet. Check out classified ads online and scan the "pets" section for the words "free to a good home," then call the number in the ad.

Contact the classified advertising manager of your local newspaper about printing a warning about "free to a good home" ads, or better yet, ask them to agree not to run such statements, preventing the possible suffering of countless animals. Many newspapers across the country have already done so! Here's a sample letter for you to use:

Dear ( Classifieds Manager / Editor ):

I am writing with regard to the "free to a good home" advertisements that appear in the classifieds section of local newspapers.

As you may be aware, animals given away for free can, and unfortunately often do, meet gruesome fates. They can end up in the hands of animal abusers like Barry Herbeck, a Wisconsin man who was convicted of torturing and killing animals he obtained through "free to a good home" ads. He confessed to taking his kids with him when responding to the ads so that people would be comfortable turning animals over to him. People known as "bunchers," who obtain animals illegally from random sources to sell to research facilities for profit, often acquire animals by answering "free to a good home" ads. Small animals advertised as "free to a good home" are sometimes acquired by individuals who intend to use them as bait in training other animals to fight. Gerbils, hamsters, and young kittens are often acquired to be used as snake food. I have enclosed more detailed materials about the tragedies that can befall animals given away "free to a good home."

Animal protection organizations all over the United States work diligently to educate people about the proper procedure for placing animals and frequently assist people in finding good homes for their animals. I routinely contact individuals who place "free to a good home" advertisements to alert them to the potential perils for their animals and continuously receive appreciative calls from people who say they never knew that these dangers existed.

Classified Advertisers could do its readers and the animals a great service, while setting a very progressive example, by printing a brief warning at the top of the pets section about giving animals away for free.

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`This SAMPLE Advertisement is a "Kids Classified" Advertisement` `My 4-H dogs had puppies. Registered Australian Shepherds. Male and females. Blue merles and black and white. Free to good home. Cute and really fluffy! Can't keep, must find good homes!` NO RESEARCH LABS! Parents require background checks prior to Adoption! 37920153	To Respond to this Advertisement Type in the code number under the Advertisement and include your information so that we may Forward your Response to the Advertiser. We DO NOT give out info. on American Star Classifieds / GoldStar Classifieds Children. You will be contacted with the help of a Parent or Guardian, in reference to this Advertisement.

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FREE TO GOOD HOME

BEAUTIFUL REGISTERED SHIH TZU PUPPIES. 3 males, 1 black and white, 2 brown and white . . . beautiful!!! Background Checks Required!

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