Frosstbyte

I picked "doesn't matter" only because that's the only middle choice. My actual answer is "The one that fits their needs better." I love animal shelters and I love going and meeting a zillion animals and finding which one I mesh best with. My wife and I did that when we found our cat after getting back from our honeymoon. We found a beautiful lynx point Siamese, much to our delight. At the same time, we're planning to get a pure breed show cat when we can afford one in a couple years and, when we get around to getting a dog, we're going to get a pure breed malamute or husky. They're different kinds of animals and different experiences. I think you have to be reasonable and responsible with your pets, and while I'd love to be able to rescue every shelter animal in the theoretical, that's not always going to yield the kind of pet you want or like.

Ayashe

When you go to a no-kill shelter you are truly helping the shelter. They have a hard time managing their budgets when they become full of difficult to get rid of animals. On the other hand going to a "kill" shelter does save a life. There certainly are positives regardless of the decision. I personally would rather support the no-kill shelters as I have seen several fail over time and I believe that they offer a good service. I too believe that I would have a hard time knowing as I left that several animals would be likely put down should I not choose them. Regardless, the animal euthanasia is done in a fairly painless manner and beats them suffering/starving on the streets.

If you are seriously concerned about finding a compatible animal another option is to sign up to foster animals. In doing so you will likely have to bring them to adoption events but it would be a way to allow yourself time to decide on an animal without committing to the pet.

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