Caddo Animal Services partners with BISSELL for national shelter event October 12

Krystle BeauchampParish of Caddo

Krystle Beauchamp
Director of Communications
kbeauchamp@caddo.gov

October 8, 2024

CADDO ANIMAL SERVICES PARTNERS WITH BISSELL FOUNDATION FOR NATIONAL SHELTER EVENT OCTOBER 12

CADDO PARISH, LA – Thanks to a generous partnership with the BISSELL Pet Foundation, Caddo Parish Animal Services and Mosquito Control is participating in the “Empty the Shelters™” adoption event, aimed at finding loving homes for deserving pets by offering reduced adoption fees and promoting pet adoptions.  The event takes place Saturday, October 12th from 11:00am – 2:00pm at Caddo Parish Animal Services, 1500 Monty Street. All adoptions are $25 and include vaccinations, microchip and spay/neuter services.

“We are thankful for our continued partnership with the BISSELL Pet Foundation as we work to secure loving homes for all the animals in our care,” said Caddo Parish Animal Services and Mosquito Control Director Travis Clark.” We take in an average of 4,000-5,000 animals into our facility a year, and events like Empty the Shelter help us in finding permanent homes for many of our animals,” said Clark.

As the nation’s largest funded adoption event, Empty the Shelters has helped more than 253,000 pets find loving homes. During each nationwide event, BISSELL Pet Foundation sponsors reduced adoption fees to make adoption affordable for prospective pet owners.

“Shelters are struggling with a variety of challenges right now,” said BISSELL Pet Foundation founder Cathy Bissell .  “BISSELL Pet Foundation’s upcoming National Empty the Shelters event is a crucial opportunity for people to make a real difference in their community through adoption. Every single adoption saves a life and creates space to save another. Please adopt and give a pet a chance it might otherwise not have. If you can’t adopt,fostering saves lives when shelters are full. Deserving pets across the country are counting on all of us,” said Bissell.

Citizens are also encouraged to visit caddo.gov to view many of the pets available for adoption from Animal Services.