Felines are fun: They purr, chase sunlight, and curl up in cute little balls when they sleep. What’s not to love? The Austin Humane Society is serving up a special feline event tomorrow (Friday), reducing adoption fees for feline friends to just $5. You heard that right, just five smackers.
With the dawn of kitten season upon us, the adoption event – featuring some 75 felines ready to find their new homes – will also help free shelter space for the nearly 1,000 cats the AHS expects will move through the shelter this summer.
That’s a lot of cats. Indeed, in 2010 the AHS and Town Lake Animal Center saw a 40% increase over the previous year in the number of cats brought to the two shelters. In 2009, the AHS took in 1,909 cats; in 2010, that number increased to 2,167. (Not a bad place to pause to remind you to spay and neuter your pets. Please.)
The $5 adoption fee will be offered tomorrow, Friday, April 15, at the AHS’ North Austin shelter, from noon to 7p. The fee includes spay/neuter surgery, up-to-date vaccinations, microchip implant, one month of pet health insurance and lots of coupons. What a bargain!
This article appears in April 8 • 2011.