30+ Michigan Shelters Offering Reduced Pet Adoption Fees To ‘Empty The Shelters’ This Holiday Season
Let's help shelter pets find cozy, loving homes this holiday season! Help spread the word!
More than 30 Michigan shelters are offering reduced adoption fees in "Empty the Shelters - Holiday Hope" this December.
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Empty the Shelters Holiday Hope 2024
To give pets the chance to go from from shelter kennels to the cozy couches this holiday season, Bissell Pet Foundation's "Empty the Shelters - Holiday Hope" runs Dec. 1 through 17, 2024.
Bissell is sponsoring reduced adoption fees of $50 or less per animal to help pets find a home home for the holidays.
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All dogs and cats will be spayed or neutered and up-to-date on vaccines. This event will be hosted nationwide in more than 400 organizations in 45 states, including Michigan.
Since Empty the Shelters began in 2016, the program has helped more than 300,000 pets find homes!
Cathy Bissell, Founder of BISSELL Pet Foundation says,
It has been an incredibly challenging year for saving lives, as our nation’s shelters continue to take in more pets than they are adopting out. Tens of thousands of shelter pets—of all breeds, ages, and personalities—are desperately in need of homes. Empty the Shelters – Holiday Hope is more than an adoption event; it’s a lifeline for homeless pets. Please visit your local participating shelter to adopt or foster a pet this holiday season.
Michigan Shelters Participating in Empty the Shelters - Holiday Hope
Thirty-six locations across Michigan are participating in Empty the Shelters Dec. 1 through Dec. 17, including:
- Al-Van Humane Society - 07591 Blue Star Highway, South Haven
- Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit - 16121 Reckinger Road, Dearborn
- Genesee County Animal Control - 4351 Pasadena Ave., Flint
- Harbor Humane Society - 14345 Bagely St., West Olive
- Humane Animal Treatment Society - 1105 S. Isabella Rd, Mt. Pleasant
- Humane Society of West Michigan - 3077 Wilson Ave. NW, Grand Rapids
- Ionia County Animal Shelter - 3835 Sparrow Dr., Ionia
- Kent County Animal Shelter - 740 Fuller NE, Grand Rapids
- Livingston County Animal Control - 304 E. Grand River Ave., Howell
- SPCA of Southwest Michigan - 6955 West KL Ave., Kalamazoo
Find more participating shelters here.
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Note that shelter requirements vary per location. You're advised to contact the shelter directly to complete an adoption application and to learn more about their adoption process.
If you’re unable to adopt, but still want to help, you can donate to the Empty The Shelters Fund, where 100% of your contribution will help a shelter pet find a forever home.
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