By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

Just like the retail business, the Human Society of the High Plains manager Betty Hanson says the shelter sees many “returns” after Christmas.

Hanson said the biggest mistake people can make is buying a pet as a gift — something she said happens often at Christmastime.

“We have a lot of people come in who adopt pets for other people … and then we have a lot of returns after Christmas,” she said, “because (the pet) was not exactly what they were looking for.”

Hanson recommends buying a gift certificate to cover the adoption fees, which includes the pet’s first shots and the spay and neutering of the animal as well.

More pet holiday safety tips can found on the HPHS website HERE.

Contact the shelter at 2050 E. Old U.S. 40, (785) 625-5252, for more details.