Adopting instead of buying pets gets a boost from Bidens
Call it a tale of wags to riches. The presidential inauguration Wednesday heralds a new era: the first time a shelter dog will live in the White House. President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, adopted their pup Major, a German shepherd, from the Delaware Humane Assn. just over two years ago. “It doesn’t get more of a Cinderella story for a dog,” said Kitty Block, president of the Humane Society of the United States. “And the timing couldn’t have been better.” Block said that Major’s move into the West Wing represents a shift among Americans away from buying pets and t...