$50 adoption fee this month at Humane Society of Huron Valley

submitted by Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV) 

From July 8 to 31, adopting an adult cat or dog (over 6 months of age) at HSHV will only be $50, thanks to sponsorship from BISSELL Pet Foundation, a national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending pet homelessness. “Empty the Shelters” will be taking place in 390 shelters in 44 states to help deserving shelter pets find loving homes.

• HSHV in Ann Arbor will participate now through July 31, offering $50 adoption fees for dogs and cats six months and older; “Gold Hearts” animals are free
• HSHV is open 7 days a week starting at 11am, and no appointments are needed
• All animals have been spayed/neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated
• See adoptable animals at hshv.org/adopt

“Shelters are struggling with a variety of challenges right now—some are evacuating pets because of wildfires, tornadoes, or even loss of air conditioning in extreme heat, and others are overcrowded and having to euthanize highly adoptable pets to make space, a tragic situation,” said Cathy Bissell, founder of BISSELL Pet Foundation. “BISSELL Pet Foundation’s Summer National Empty the Shelters event is a crucial opportunity for people to make a real difference in their community through adoption. Every single adoption saves a life and creates space to save another. Please adopt and give a pet a chance it might otherwise not have. If you can’t adopt, fostering saves lives when shelters are full. Deserving pets across the country are counting on all of us.”

“Emptying the shelter would make such a tremendous impact on the staff, volunteers—and obviously the animals at HSHV,” says Matt Schaecher, COO at HSHV, “especially because we’ve been so full for so long. We’ve been creative with making space for animals, but we can only do so much without adopters.

“Our community is incredibly compassionate, and we hope people will come out in full force to adopt this month,” Schaecher adds.

BISSELL Pet Foundation’s Empty the Shelters event is the largest funded adoption event in the country. This lifesaving event began in 2016 with a goal of encouraging more families to choose adoption. More than 253,000 pets have found loving homes since its start. Empty the Shelters is BISSELL Pet Foundation’s largest program, partnering with 742 animal welfare organizations in 49 states and Canada to reduce adoption fees.

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by Sara Swanson

Sara Swanson is an editor, writer and founder of the Manchester Mirror.