By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
Adoption events held by the St. Joseph Animal Shelter have been successful, but the shelter is still overflowing with pets.
And because of that the Friends of the Animal Shelter is once again helping with reducing adoption fees.
Friends of the Animal Shelters Melanie Barnes says through Saturday adoption fees for all pets will only be 25 dollars.
"It has really helped provide some space, open up some space in the kennels, lots of cats and lots of kittens still, so go down and check it out if you're thinking about adopting," Barnes tells KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr.
Barnes says the last time Friends of the Animal Shelter helped with reduced adoption fees the shelter saw 96 pets get adopted.
With the animal shelter still overflowing with pets, Friends of the Animal Shelter will hold different events in October to help encourage adoption.
Barnes says the first event coming in October will be a concert called the Barks and Brews fundraiser.
"This year, last year if you remember we actually had it outside at the new shelter we couldn't have it inside we had it outside it was a great event but it was sketchy because of the weather and obviously with this decline in temperature we didn't want the same thing," Barnes says. "So, this year we have the Metropolitan, the owners of the Metropolitan event space donated their space to us."
Barks and Brews will be held on October 1st at The Metropolitan. The event will feature different bands, including St. Joseph favorite the Blue Oyster Culture Club.
The event will also feature several different pets that are available for adoption from the shelter.
An event that began last year to help encourage pet adoption will return this year as well with the second annual zombie walk.
Barnes says all of this is being put on by St. Joseph citizens.
"It's a great group of bars that are starting it, it kicks off on October 15th at 5 pm, I think they start the parade down to the different bars staunch at 6:30," Barnes explains. "You get a t-shirt, you're supposed to dress up make up and everything, they're going to go from Cafe Acoustic at 6:30, down to Norty's, and then back up with multiple bars in between."
The event will feature raffles and giveaways and the animal shelter will also have some animals out that are up for adoption at the walk.
You can find more information online HERE to see events or you can find more information on the Friends of the Animal Shelter Facebook page.