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Saturday, July 5, 2014

Adopt-a-thon 2014

Friday, 150 people waited for the doors to open at 10 a.m. at the Queen Elizabeth Building to be let into the Adopt-a-thon. Saturday, over 200 people waited for the doors to open. By Saturday afternoon, all of the adoptable dogs from Toronto Animal Services were adopted. That was thirty dogs. The Toronto Humane Society had done dozens more adoptions (someone told me around seventy dogs) and they only had a few dogs left.

Cats were doing really well also. Over two hundred adopted so far in total at the event.

A lot of people went home very happy with new bundles of joy. Some went home empty-handed and not so happy (there are always more at the shelters and rescues). I suspect next year, now that the organizers know what to expect, there will be a lot more dogs and people on hand to assist.

Maddie from TAS North being admired by fans

Lots of hands. The dogs were very well behaved considering all the hands and fingers reaching out for them

Kona, waiting for her new owner to finish with the adoption interview

Wolf, a ten year old retired sled dog, with his new family

3 comments:

  1. I volunteer at the north shelter so I went to volunteer at the event. I was so happy to see Kona and she too was happy to see me. I stayed with her throughout the day until her new owner was done with his interview, and adoption papers. That's me with Kona the pretty boxer mix looking right into the camera. It was a great and successful day for all the animals. May all the animals be happy and blessed with their new family.

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  2. So happy to see that Wolf was adopted! He is the one my husband and I went down there to see :) Congrats to his new family and please give him an infinite amount of love! He's beautiful :)

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  3. What a great event all the animals found their forever homes. I'm hoping the event happens again. I had a wonderful time so many nice people, and so many beautiful animals that I've met. Awesome event and I had an awesome time plus the weather was great. I'll give it a "two thumbs up".

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