Hundreds of shelter pets went home from a Houston adoption weekend

For the classroom

Thousands of people came to a two-day Petco Love adoption event at Reliant Arena in Houston, the Houston Chronicle reported. Several hundred dogs and cats from shelters in South Texas left with families. On Sunday, the adoption fees were waived, which means families did not have to pay the usual fee that day. The paper said several hundred pets were adopted. It did not give one exact total, so several hundred is the number to remember.

1. Why would a shelter waive adoption fees for one day of a big event?
2. What does a pet need after the adoption day, once it is home?
3. Why might shelters from a whole region bring animals to one arena?

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