My Nonprofit Reviews
Susan127
Review for Animal Friends, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Animal Friends is a wonderful shelter. It is a lovely spacious clean facility and the animals all seem very comfortable. They really go through a lot of effort to learn each animal's background, personality and quirks in order to find a good match for them. Consequently, they ALSO check out potential adopters to make sure they're a good fit for the animal. I daresay that the negative reviewers are just angry because they weren't able to just waltz in and take an animal. My experience was very positive: I went in, told them what I was looking for (a cat who could handle having a very active young male sibling) and they IMMEDIATELY knew which cat would be a perfect fit for me. Charlie was very, very shy when I first met him and I never would have picked him on my own; but he has turned out to be an absolutely wonderful match for my household.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
The volunteers' knowledge of their resident animals allowed them to match me with the perfect feline personality for my situation. I hadn't even noticed him on the website roster, but they knew immediately that he would be a good fit.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Maybe not require ALL members of the household to meet the animal first. My roommate is in a wheelchair and has a very busy work schedule which made his coming out difficult. At some point, I think you can just take the word of the head of household and primary would-be caretaker of the animal that the people who live with them will be okay.
How would you describe the help you got from this organization?
A lot
How likely are you to recommend this organization to a friend?
Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Very Well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
How did you find this group?
Saw their volunteers out walking dogs almost every day when I worked in the Strip District years ago.
