Berkshire Humane Society Offers 'Choose Your Adoption Fee'
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — To help promote adoption and ease the cat overpopulation, Berkshire Humane Society is once again offering its “Choose Your Adoption Fee” program for its many cats looking for their new, loving home.
The program will last throughout September and be available at the Pittsfield shelter and Purradise, BHS’s feline satellite adoption facility in Great Barrington.
In past years, summer months are always the busiest time at BHS. This year is no exception.
“We’re bursting at the seams with cats,” said John Perreault, executive director of BHS. “We need to open up space for our incoming cats. We did this program last summer, and it was extremely successful, so we thought we would repeat it.”
“Choose Your Adoption Fee” is simple. For cats who are six months or older and who have been at the shelter for 30 days or longer, BHS will let visitors decide what they would like to donate for their adoption fee. Before going to their new homes, all adopted cats leave BHS with appropriate vaccinations, spayed or neutered, dewormed, micro-chipped and more.
Although adopters can determine their own adoption fee, they still will need to complete an application and meet with an adoption counselor at BHS or Purradise.
"Our process and integrity will not change. Our goal is to always do quality adoptions and find the right cat for the right home,” Perreault said.
For more information about BHS and its “Choose Your Adoption Fee” program, please stop by or call the shelter in Pittsfield at 413-447-7878, ext. 24, or Purradise in Great Barrington at 413-717-4244.
