With a lot of animal shelters these days you can “sponsor an animal” which means when you donate you say say you want to sponsor a pet and that goes toward the pets adoption fee.
Some pets have a $0.00 adoption fee when people go to adopt them. People do this a lot with older animals so they get adopted faster.
Ask your local shelter about doing that.
As husband and I have aged, the size of our animals have gone down from Irish Wolfhounds to Bichons. I fear that when we lose this set, we’re also going to have to choose older animals. If I could hide them from husband and the town, I’d fill the house with rescues in every room. As it is, I fill the storage box with 20 lb of peanuts per week and feed the outdoor animals from the library window.
Night Visitors - Joseph Blanchard - Whimsical Foray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fz_w97bt4s