15 Kentucky animal shelters have adoption fees reduced

LEXINGTON, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — Adoption fees are being reduced at 15 Kentucky animal shelters for a special limited-time event.

The BISSELL Pet Foundation is hosting its Summer National Empty the Shelters event from July 9–31.

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The event will help shelters reduce adoption fees to $50 or less to get pets out of the kennel and into their forever homes.

“Shelters are struggling with a variety of challenges right now – some are evacuating pets because of wildfires, tornadoes, or even loss of air conditioning in extreme heat, and others are overcrowded and having to euthanize highly adoptable pets to make space, a tragic situation,” said Cathy Bissell, Founder of BISSELL Pet Foundation. “BISSELL Pet Foundation’s upcoming Summer National Empty the Shelters event is a crucial opportunity for people to make a real difference in their community through adoption. Every single adoption saves a life and creates space to save another. Please adopt and give a pet a chance it might otherwise not have. If you can’t adopt, fostering saves lives when shelters are full. Deserving pets across the country are counting on all of us.”

Participating Kentucky shelters:

1. Bowling Green/Warren County Humane Society
2. Breckinridge County Animal Shelter
3. Clark County Animal Shelter
4. Friends of Butler County Animals
5. Humane Society Of Henderson County
6. Kenton County Animal Services
7. Kentucky Humane Society
8. Lawrence County Humane Society
9. Leitchfield Animal shelter
10. Lexington Humane Society
11. Logan County Humane Society
12. Louisville Metro Animal Services
13. McCracken County Humane Society
14. Paris Animal Welfare Society Inc.
15. Scott County Humane Society

BISSELL Pet Foundation said more than 253,000 pets have been adopted thanks to the “Empty the Shelters” event, with an average of 1,225 pets being adopted daily.

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