SALT LAKE CITY ( ABC4 ) — Best Friends Animal Society is offering free adoptions at select locations in the days leading up to Valentine’s Day to celebrate the organization’s 20-year anniversary.
Best Friends Animal Society is a national organization that is working to end the killing of animals in shelters by 2025, and its two major Utah locations — the Salt Lake City “lifesaving center” and the Kanab sanctuary — are participating in the no-fee adoption period until Feb. 14.
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According to Best Friends Animal Society, shelters are almost at — or already over — capacity across the country because people are going to breeders or pet stores instead of adopting a pet.
Best Friends Animal Society representative Frankie Brummett told ABC4.com that many shelters in Utah are receiving a lot of dogs in their shelters.
“We transfer animals from other shelters into our shelter, and try to get them adopted out,” Brummett said. “So, waiving those fees helps us get more animals adopted out, and then we can bring more in from those other shelters.”