11/25/2019 0 Comments Clear the ShelterBy Kenidy Cessna Clear the Shelter, maybe you’ve heard of it and maybe you haven’t. Whichever group you belong to the fact is dozens of dogs, cats, and smaller animals were saved on Friday. At the Minneapolis Animal Care and Control Shelter an event was hosted from 1-6pm on November 22nd. The shelter called it ‘Clear the Shelter’ they waived the adoption fee for five hours and hundreds of people looking to adopt a pooch. The employees were expecting 50-100 applicants to show up, in the end they had nearly 350. The shelter didn’t have enough animals for everyone who came so each applicant had to enter their information into a drawing that would decide the animals new life. A usual adoption fee for a Minnesota Resident would be $50 for cats and dogs, for everyone who didn’t get lucky with a new best friend they were given a 50% off voucher. Their intentions for the event were to clear the shelter for the holiday seasons, they definitely accomplished that.
Adopting an animal has many benefits not only to them but to you too. The most beneficial reasons for adopting would be; to save a life, helps more than just yourself, and it is good for your health. Adopting a dog can lower your blood sugar, reduce cholesterol, decrease triglyceride levels, improve cardiovascular health, and decreased amounts of stress and anxiety. Studies how spending only 15-30 minutes with your dog can increase pleasurable chemicals in your brain and make you feel more relaxed and calm. Making sure your pet is fit ensures you get more physical activity as well, dogs can prevent depression, specifically men. Adopting a new friend has so many benefits and the ‘Clear the Shelter’ event in Minneapolis has shown just how impactful a human and dog can be on eachother.
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