Operation Adopt was founded as an alternative to a "pet store" after legislation passed to stop the sale of puppy mill puppies in pet stores.
After COVID-19 created a shortage of shelter animals for adoption (hooray!), our location was no longer needed.
07/30/2024
[Los Angeles, CA]
Murphy originally met TAPS at a Los Angeles County Shelter. He was adopted in 2015, but due to his family's growing responsibilities with new babies they could no longer care for him. TAPS welcomed him back with open arms, and now Murphy is looking for his forever home once again.
Murphy is a unique blend of energy and calm. Some days, he's all puppy, eager to go on walks and cuddle up with you on the couch. Other days, he’s like a cat, happy to hang out under a chair and enjoy some alone time. He is housebroken, crate trained, and follows commands. Murphy loves the company of other dogs and enjoys spending time in the backyard. He can be a little nervous when meeting new people but always wants to make friends.
Perfect Home:
Murphy is for adoption through TAPSUSA.org and is eligible for an adopter living in the LA or San Diego areas. We are also looking for a temporary foster home for Murphy in the Burbank/LA area.
Why Adopt Murphy?
Loyal and loving: Murphy is a sweet, loving soul who just wants to please.
Versatile: He has the playful energy of a puppy and the calm independence of a cat.
Well-behaved: Housebroken, crate trained, and follows commands.
If you’re ready to welcome Murphy into your home, please contact us at [email protected] or visit our website at TAPSUSA.org to fill out an adoption application. Don't miss the chance to make Murphy a part of your family and give him the loving home he deserves.
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The Animal Protectorates (TAPS), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, began in Burbank, California as a mission to bring awareness to communities that most puppies and kittens sold in traditional pet stores come from commercial breeding facilities where the parents are confined for their lives in small cramped cages and where profit is more important than animal well-being. As a result of TAPS’s work and that of many other organizations, community after community across the country and even the entire state of California embraced legislation to prevent pets coming from these facilities to be sold in pet stores.
Consumers still want pets though, so where do they get them? Without alternatives, many turn to internet sales and craigslist– paying thousands of dollars, frequently sight unseen, for sick puppies and kittens being purchased from the same type of savvy commercial breeding facilities who sold to the pet stores under the old business model – but who now are taking advantage of the market and cutting out the middle man (the pet store) with flashy website ads that show cute puppy pictures without telling the whole story.
The alternative TAPS developed is to help orphaned shelter animals find stable homes with consumers who would adopt a shelter animal, instead of buying one, but who don’t want to go to an animal shelter for many reasons – the predominate one being having an emotionally difficult time seeing and hearing animals with uncertain futures calling them from behind bars at a shelter. With this alternative, TAPS founded the first pet adoption center of its kind - Operation Adopt – in a retail area in Burbank, California. Operation Adopt staff and volunteers visit local animal shelters daily, searching for animals with certain identifiable traits, the main ones being behaviorally safe and family friendly who will be adopted within a relatively short amount of time. Once identified, spayed and neutered and further assessed for any medical needs while settling in, the dogs and cats are then photographed, groomed if needed and begin the journey of finding a new family. Once a match is identified, staff and volunteers stand beside that animal through the adoption process.
Operation Adopt utilizes a Structured Adoption Approach™ which consists of an application, a counseling session, having interaction with the animal on multiple occasions and conducting a home visit where the animal is observed again with family members – both human and animal. Landlord (if applicable) consent is also required to approve the size and type of animal and any required pet deposit must be paid to the landlord prior to placing the animal in the new home. Setting everyone up for success is the goal.
Staff and volunteers also stand beside the animal after the adoption is complete. Even with the most thorough adoption process, occasionally a dog or a cat may need to be returned. The biggest priority at Operation Adopt is that once an animal leaves the shelter and wears Operation Adopt’s recognizable purple collar, the animal never has to return to a shelter again if for any reason the adopter’s situation changes – this is called the purple collar promise and this is a core value of the nonprofit.
How does Operation Adopt afford to do all of this? Operation Adopt relies on donations to get animals out of the shelter, pay veterinary bills, medication, rent, staffing, workers compensation, insurance, food, fire and alarm systems, supplies, utilities, software, and many other expenses that go along with running a pet adoption center.
In addition to donations, adoption fees help offset the costs of having a physical location. Sometimes people ask why it costs so much to adopt an Operation Adopt dog or cat (it’s true the adoption fees are higher than most organizations who don’t have to pay the overhead of a physical location) and why adoption fees vary between animals depending on their age and type. After visiting the clean and pleasant setting, it’s easier to understand that the adoption fee is just a number to help support a really awesome vision, an ideal, an alternative and kinder way of bringing people and pets together.
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