Shelters, absolutely and always. So many animals are in need of good homes and forever families. By bringing a special friend into your life you accomplish several things ... "rescuing" an animal is part of that, of course, but in my experience, shelter animals seem to know they have been given a special love and they bring that back to you.
Of course, we were adopted by all of our kitties (they choose us, we have little choice in the matter).
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