WHAT:
Holidays are all about LOVE and family. BARC, the City of Houston’s Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, and Petco Love encourage everyone to fill their home, and the heart of a shelter pet, with Love by adopting or fostering this Holiday Season. Santa confirmed: Texas shelter pets have one wish this holiday season to be celebrating and spending time with a family. To stay on his “good list”, Petco Love is partnering with 39 Texas animal organizations, including BARC, to help make that wish come true.
The Love for the Holidays event takes place on December 21 and 22 and features over 7,500 pets, including puppies, kittens, dogs, and cats, and other companion animals located at Texas shelters and ready to be adopted or fostered. BARC, and other participating shelters, are waiving all adoption fees, making it easier for those ready for a lifetime of love to adopt a shelter pet this holiday season. For others looking to provide a temporary home, shelter staff will also be on-hand to help simplify the process to foster a pet for the holiday season.
So, fill your home with the unconditional love and the pure joy, fun, and silly antics of a pet this holiday – Adopt or Foster a pet and fill your home with Love for the Holidays.
WHEN:
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Sunday, December 22, 2024
BARC will be open from noon – 5 p.m. both days of the event.
WHERE:
BARC – 3300 Carr St., Houston, TX 77026
Participating shelters across Texas, including Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, El Paso, Houston, Rio Grande Valley, and San Antonio. Visit PetcoLove.org for details on locations near you.
WHY:
Everyone needs some extra love for the holidays, and by adopting or fostering, you will be giving a pet the gift of love!
DETAILS:
BARC, and other participating shelters, are waiving adoption fees for all pets and simplifying the fostering process to help you take a pet home that weekend to spend the holidays together. For fosters, participating shelters provide pet supplies and medical care, so you can focus on providing the love to make a shelter pet’s holiday complete. The Love for the Holidays Event offers attendees the chance to meet a wide variety of pets, with participating shelters across Texas making adoptions and fostering as seamless as possible.
Adoptions will be done on a first-come, first-served basis. Adopters must be over the age of 18 and have a valid ID and proof of address to adopt. Visit www.houstontx.gov/barc/adopt_a_pet.html for more information on our adoption process. Email our adoptions team at BARCadoptions@houstontx.gov to inquire about a specific pet.
INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
Cory Stottlemyer, BARC Deputy Shelter Director – Available to discuss the impact of community involvement in pet adoption and foster care.
Susanne Kogut, President, Petco Love – Available via Zoom or phone to discuss Petco Love’s commitment to animal welfare and the importance of adoption and foster events during the holidays.
For additional information, to coordinate interviews, or to attend an event, please contact:
Cory Stottlemyer, BARC Houston
cory.stottlemyer@houstontx.gov
Crystal Bugary, Petco Love
Media@petcolove.org
Alison Brod Marketing + Communications
PetcoLove@abmc-us.com
About BARC
BARC, the City of Houston’s Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, takes in more than 20,000 animals annually regardless of behavior, breed, or medical condition. BARC works each day to improve Houstonians and their pets’ health and safety by pioneering programs such as low-cost and no-cost spay/neuter services, mobile adoptions, transfer/rescue partnerships, and pet registration and microchipping. BARC is also committed to public safety through animal enforcement, which answers calls for service from the community and investigates cases of animal cruelty.
Visit www.houstonbarc.com for more information.
About Petco Love
Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since our founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, we’ve empowered animal welfare organizations by investing nearly $400 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 6.9 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide. Our love for pets drives us to lead with innovation, creating tools animal lovers need to reunite lost pets, and lead with passion, inspiring and mobilizing communities and our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners to drive lifesaving change alongside us. Is love calling you? Join us. Visit PetcoLove.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, Threads, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.