I read about this in a weekly magazine in Durham, NC. It's a mall store space, donated by the Prime Outlets mall to AniMall. AniMall, in turn, organizes different animal resuces to come in at different times and mall shoppers can meet the pets. They do not do same-day adoptions, but introduce people to the idea of adopting a lifelong pet rather than buying an animal. Its a central space for all animal rescues in the area to use! I think its a great idea.
http://animall.org/
http://animall.org/