Now is the time: Adopt a furry friend for free this weekend

Oct 20, 2016 at 10:20 am

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Now is the time: Adopt a furry friend for free this weekend

Pets are the new kids.

As more and more millennials decide it's not their job to populate the planet, those same folks are filling that reproductive void by cobbling together a family of fur babies.

Furthermore, as social pressures build to adopt and rescue pets rather than buying them from breeders, mutts and mixed breeds are finally getting the spotlight.

This Saturday, in further effort to get people to bring home one of the many animals in Michigan's animal shelters, the BISSELL Pet Foundation is hosting "Empty the Shelters" day.

On Oct. 22 BISSELL will pay all adoption fees at seven metro Detroit animal shelters, allowing families to brings home a new fur-ever friend by paying as little as $7 for the pet's license.

For a list of animal shelters that are participating in this event click here.

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Alysa Zavala-Offman

Alysa Zavala-Offman is the managing editor of Detroit Metro Times. She lives in the downriver city of Wyandotte with her husband, toddler, mutt, and two orange cats.