Louisville Metro Animal Services and Kentucky Humane Society are trying to empty the shelters this holiday season.It is the final weekend for anyone to take home a new furry friend from the two shelters with waived adoption fees.The shelters partnered with BISSELL Pet Foundation for the nationwide event that started at the beginning of the month.”Our nation’s animal shelters need your help as they face an overcrowding crisis unlike anything we have experienced in more than a decade. The devastating increase in owner surrenders and stray intakes has left tens of thousands of deserving pets desperate to find a home,” said Cathy Bissell, founder of BISSELL Pet Foundation. “Our ‘Empty the Shelters – Holiday Hope’ event is the perfect opportunity to make a difference in your community by saving a life and creating space to give another homeless pet a chance this holiday season.” During “Empty the Shelters – Holiday Hope” LMAS is waiving adoptions for all animals and KHS is waiving adoption fees for adult dogs and cats until Sunday, Dec. 17.The event is the largest adoption event in the United States. Since Empty the Shelters has begun more than 200,000 pets have found loving homes.Anyone can check out adoptable dogs and cats at LMAS and KHS’s websites.
Louisville Metro Animal Services and Kentucky Humane Society are trying to empty the shelters this holiday season.
It is the final weekend for anyone to take home a new furry friend from the two shelters with waived adoption fees.
The shelters partnered with BISSELL Pet Foundation for the nationwide event that started at the beginning of the month.
“Our nation’s animal shelters need your help as they face an overcrowding crisis unlike anything we have experienced in more than a decade. The devastating increase in owner surrenders and stray intakes has left tens of thousands of deserving pets desperate to find a home,” said Cathy Bissell, founder of BISSELL Pet Foundation. “Our ‘Empty the Shelters – Holiday Hope’ event is the perfect opportunity to make a difference in your community by saving a life and creating space to give another homeless pet a chance this holiday season.”
During “Empty the Shelters – Holiday Hope” LMAS is waiving adoptions for all animals and KHS is waiving adoption fees for adult dogs and cats until Sunday, Dec. 17.
The event is the largest adoption event in the United States. Since Empty the Shelters has begun more than 200,000 pets have found loving homes.
Anyone can check out adoptable dogs and cats at LMAS and KHS’s websites.
