Like many other Houston area animal shelters and adoption centers, Houston Humane Society is over capacity and looking for those interested in adopting or fostering to relieve its overcrowding. The organization is hosting the “Clear the Shelters” campaign until August 31 to reduce its animal population. Adoption fees are discounted...
With more animals coming in, than going out the Houston Humane Society is providing adoptions at little to no cost.Like many other Houston area animal shelters and adoption centers, Houston Humane Society is over capacity and looking for those interested in adopting or fostering to relieve its overcrowding.
Adoption fees are discounted by 50 percent or fully waived if the adopted animal has been at the shelter for three months or more, said Macey Kohne-Sanchez, assistant marketing manager for the Houston Humane Society. According to Kohne-Sanchez, the Humane Society took in 304 animals over the past 30 days that were either owner-surrenders, rescued from cruelty cases, abandoned at its facility or transferred from other shelters that could not care for them.Although the shelter’s capacity limit is not fixed and varies based on the number of reliable fosters and adoptions, it has to stop intakes and turn away agencies it partners with when it starts filling up.
The longer stays that contribute to stagnant overcrowding are the larger dogs that are more difficult to get adopted out, she said. “It’s a lot harder to convince someone that they should take home an adult rather than a puppy,” she added.
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