NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — If you're looking for a pet, go to the Hutchinson Animal Shelter between now and the end of the month and you can save some money.
"It's a program called Empty the Shelters," said Michaela Schommer with the Hutchinson Animal Shelter. "If you know anything about Bissell, the brand, Bissell is, most people know of them as the vacuums, Bissell Vacuums and Carpet Cleaners. They have a nonprofit branch, a foundation that they formed, and they fundraise and they donate to animal welfare organizations nationally. The Bissell Foundation is an incredible animal welfare foundation, and we appreciate them. They are currently sponsoring, for any shelter that's participating right now through July 31st, sponsoring portions of our adoption fees, which is allowing then shelters to be able to reduce those adoption fees. And we are doing all of our dogs, whether it's a dog, adult dog or a puppy or senior, at a flat $50 adoption fee. And then all of our cats, whether it's an adult or kitten, at a $25 adoption fee."
If you want to add a pet to your family, it's easiest to do it in the summer months.
"Now's the time during the summer," Schommer said. "Once school starts, you got new routines, you're busy with school and getting kids off to sports and whatnot. You know, pets and kids together can be a wonderful thing if they're managed appropriately, and you're teaching the children who are old enough how to have some responsibility in taking care of those pets."
Also, some vet care has been done for you before you adopt.
"Those animals are going home spayed or neutered,microchipped and registered to you," Schommer said. "If it's a dog, it comes with its first year city license, its rabies vaccines, heartworm tests, all the same things we would normally do are still covered."
To set an appointment to adopt, call the Animal Shelter at (620) 694-1924 on Tuesday, Thursday or Friday.
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