By MICHAELA SPRINGER
WISH-TV | wishtv.com
The Humane Society for Hamilton County (HSHC) needs your help finding homes for several animals in urgent need, and they are making the process a little easier by holding a $10 emergency adoption day.
The emergency event runs from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.
HSHC leaders say this comes as a result of an ongoing crisis: “Dogs in their care are deteriorating mentally and emotionally after months – and in some cases, over a year – of waiting for homes.”
With this crisis, HSHC says they are faced with an “unthinkable decision” – euthanizing adoptable animals.
Click here to meet some of the animals in urgent need of adoption.
“With intakes surpassing adoptions and space long exhausted, the shelter now faces an unthinkable decision: the euthanasia of adoptable animals – not because they are unsafe or because HSHC is giving up on them – but because some of these animals have waited so long for someone to come that THEY are giving up,” they said in a release.
HSHC President Rebecca Stevens says dogs at the shelter are waiting 70 to 80 days on average for a home, but some wait much longer.
“Some of the longer, and most at-risk, residents have been living for months – 24 hours a day, seven days a week – bombarded by stress, noise, fear, and yes, the depression that comes with losing the people they loved,” Stevens said.
Stevens says she sees the community coming together for emergency situations like this as a life-changing opportunity, for both family and animal.
The event begins at noon Saturday at the Humane Society for Hamilton County, 10501 Hague Road, Fishers.
The $10 fee isn’t the only benefit of the event. All adoptions will include:
- Spay/neuter surgery
- Microchip
- Age-appropriate vaccinations and deworming, flea, and tick treatment
- A wellness exam at a participating vet
- A starter bag of food
- Post-adoption support and resources
If you hope to find your next best friend during Saturday’s event, here are HSHC’s suggested preparations:
- Preview adoptable animals and apply early at hshcadoptions.com.
- Bring your dog to meet adoptable dogs.
- All household members must be present.
- Renters must bring pet policy documentation.
- Government-issued ID required.
This story was originally published by WISH-TV at wishtv.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county-humane-society-to-host-10-emergency-adoption-day.
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