Interracial partnerships are on the rise, as are transracial adoptions. Animal Kingdom were selling 8 week old puppies from Bark Adoptions. She attempted to adopt twice more but both adoptions failed. The laws of countries vary in their willingness to allow international adoptions. He says that adoptions should be child focused and opposes gay adoptions. As American laws regarding the practices involved with international adoptions strengthened, adoptions from Ethiopia decreased. However, they can only adopt the biological child of their same-sex partner (so-called stepchild adoptions). The adoptions were finalized soon after. In some jurisdictions rules applicable to adoptions apply while others do not regulate the practice. In 2016, 9.6% of all adoptions in England involved same-sex couples. CYF facilitated the exchange of identifying information for parties to past adoptions. Cooperation regarding intercountry adoptions must be based on trust. Significant advances have been made in increasing the regulation of international adoptions. Nearly all adoptions are of adult men. In 2018, about 450 of the 3,820 adoptions (about 12%) in England involved same-sex couples.