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The city of Albuquerque’s Animal Welfare Department recently held a cat adopt-a-thon in which all adoption fees were waived, and 101 cats found new homes during the event, KOB-TV reported.
Now the city will do the same thing with dogs, Desiree Cawley of the Animal Welfare Department told Eyewitness News 4.
The “Free Fido Program,” where dogs one year old or older will be put out for adoption for free, with all adoption fees waived, including spay and neuter, shots, a microchip and license, Cawley told KOB-TV.
The event will be held Sept. 7, 8 and 9 at the city’s animal shelters, the station reported.
Cawley said giving away cats, dogs and other animals is a way of dealing with overcrowding — just last week, 530 animals were brought into city shelters — and to find good homes for the animals, Eyewitness News 4 reported.
For more information on pet adoptions, go to www.cabq.gov/pets.
