(NAPSI)—The holiday season can be a great time to save and celebrate adopted pets.
If youve already made a lifelong friend by adopting your perfect match or youre just beginning to consider pet adoption, you can make a difference in saving the lives of the 8 million pets that end up in shelters across North America each year. Sadly, about half of these adoptable pets, or 11,000 a day, will be euthanized because they dont have homesbut pet homelessness can be solved and there are many ways you can help.
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