The 'Clear the Shelters' program allows those interested to adopt a dog, cat, or kitten for $0. Puppy fees will be reduced to just $50.
has granted the ACC $10,000 that will pay fund rescue groups that have space to take cats out of the shelter and into their own programs. "We've just had a gigantic influx," says Adoption Supervisor Amy Wagner.
"Once they do adopt, we offer vouchers to make it affordable for their first vet visits," adds Wagner. "We don't want anybody to be scared about financial situations." "One thing that we know at Best Friends Animal Society because we track data across the country so closely, is that many shelters are struggling, just like the ACC of New York—where the number of animals coming in, is exceeding the number of animals that are going back out through adoption or foster. It doesn't require a permanent commitment, but you can help ease the strain of capacity issues like what they're dealing with at ACC right now.
"The real problem is that 50% of New Yorkers who own pets cannot afford a basic vet visit and so every year we have the same issue where shelters are flooded with cats and dogs—and we're not able to rescue or adopt our way out of this."
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