The city’s largest no-kill animal shelter is a little less full on Saturday after nearly 80 pets were adopted as part of a big push to find new homes for the center’s residents.
PAWS Chicago announced this week that it was filled to capacity, and that it was in “urgent need” of families looking to adopt animals.
To expedite that goal, the shelter announced that it would waive adoption fees on older and long-term residents of the shelter, and the community delivered in a big way, adopting a total of 76 animals, the shelter said.
A total of 28 of those adoptions were long-term, with the rest serving as foster families while permanent homes are sought for the animals.
The adoption-fee waiver will be in effect again on Sunday as the shelter looks to clear even more space.
Yearly, PAWS Chicago rescues more than 5,000 dogs and cats.
