Arizona Humane Society drove 29 pets out of a flooded White Mountains shelter
Ten workers moved 29 dogs and cats from the Humane Society of the White Mountains in Lakeside to Phoenix so that shelter can rebuild. Adoption fees on the transferred pets are cut 50 percent.
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Ten Arizona Humane Society workers drove 29 dogs and cats from the Humane Society of the White Mountains in Lakeside to Phoenix, Arizona's Family reported. The move gives the flood-hit shelter space to rebuild.
Adoption fees on the transferred pets are cut 50 percent. Twenty-nine is the number that made the drive, and the fee cut applies to those animals, not to every pet in the Phoenix shelter.
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Flooding hit a shelter in Lakeside, Arizona, in the White Mountains. Ten workers from the Arizona Humane Society drove 29 dogs and cats from the Humane Society of the White Mountains to Phoenix. Moving the animals gives the Lakeside shelter room to rebuild. Adoption fees for those pets are cut in half, which is 50 percent off. Twenty-nine is the number that made the trip, and ten is the number of workers who drove them.
- Why move pets to another city after a flood?
- What does a 50 percent adoption fee mean?
- How can emptying a shelter help it rebuild?
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