Mark your calendars: Saturday, January 24th is Change a Pet's Life Day, an event sponsored by Hill's Science Diet in which adoption fees will be waived for 3,000 pets at 300 participating shelters across the country.
Two Houston-area shelters are participating in the event, which means that the first 10 animals adopted from each shelter will have their adoption fees waived (which typically range from $65 to $100). The lucky adoptees will also receive a supply of Hill's Science Diet food and a $500 gift card to the VCA animal hospital to get them back up on their feet again.
The shelters in Houston that are participating are Purrfect Pets Rescue, which sponsors cats and kittens, and the Houston SPCA. The Houston SPCA doesn't only adopt out dogs and cats; there are also rabbits, ferrets, guinea pigs and even parakeets that are in desperate need of loving homes.
The Houston SPCA will be open on January 24th from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., so make sure to arrive early. Purrfect Pets doesn't have a permanent facility and instead does mobile adoptions on the weekend at Petco stores across Houston. To find out more information on their location for the 24th, contact them at purrfectpetsrescue at yahoo dot com.
If you've been considering adding a fuzzy new member to your family, then there's no better time than next weekend and Change a Pet's Life Day.
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Photo courtesy of Flickr user j5uh.
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