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He is also an unlikely success story: a once virtually unadoptable rescue dog who now competes against the top agility dogs in the country.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2024

The pets of seniors are often seniors themselves, languishing in shelters or the first to be euthanized after they're declared unadoptable, Shever said.

From Fox News • Jan. 11, 2022

The pets of seniors are often seniors themselves, languishing in shelters or the first to be euthanized after they’re declared unadoptable, Shever said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2022

Although the adult cats were unadoptable, the feral kittens could be adopted.

From Washington Times • Nov. 10, 2014

There’s a ranch in Tennessee called Sweet Dreams Farm that takes in sick and unadoptable animals.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty