A review by monicalaurette
Animal Shelter Portraits by Mark Ross

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I picked up this book at a library sale because I knew that it would be sad to read. I found myself wanting to jump into basically every photo to hug the animals in the photos and take some of them home.

I did also like that it wasn't just dogs and cats that you saw, but other animals. But on the other hand it's sad that any of the animals were in a shelter to begin with. The world of 'kill' shelters is a very political and messy one and I wish that more could be done for the shelters to better aid them with taking care of the animals (or somehow making a world where less animals have to be brought to them.

The comments and letters at the end from volunteers and a shelter manager where very insightful to read and really gives someone a moment to reflect on their thoughts towards the shelters and the animals there.

I gave this books 4 stars out of 5. I wish that there were some good stories thrown in there more like Brian the cat (which the owner adopted) to show the good side of shelters but I understand as well that that wasn't the point of the book.
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