committee is scheduled to meet
next Thursday and Friday to
discuss the booster. >> KPRC 2 is teaming up with
>> KPRC 2 is teaming up with
local shelters for the clear
the shelters campaign.
>> Great day in clear the
shelters helps to ease capacity
issues that’s happening at local shelters. Our Zach
local shelters. Our Zach
Lashway joins us live now from
peace in S P C a with more on
these efforts here. We saw
Ariel 30 minutes ago. What you got for us now, Zach.
got for us now, Zach.
>> Hey, good morning, Brittany.
We are at Houston SPCA. I’m
hanging out with my friend Mel
in Mellon is about 2 years old.
She weighs about 37 pounds. You might weigh. 38 pounds and
You might weigh. 38 pounds and
other treats. We just gave her
b***. She is a sweet are she
loves to play. Fetch them.
Know that. Well, she was playing fetch
Well, she was playing fetch
earlier. She is talker out this
morning. We’ve been running
her all around this yard.
It is the final effort to clear the shelters. And that is why
the shelters. And that is why
we are here this morning
because this is a huge
partnership that has been going
on for the past 7 years with
NBC stations and Telemundo
stations across the country. This is an effort near and dear
This is an effort near and dear
to my heart to effort that’s
near and dear to Julie Cancels
heart director of
communications here at Houston
SPCA. Thank you so much for joining us this morning.
joining us this morning.
Tell us what is happening here.
>> There’s I don’t know if we
got enough time. There’s a lot
going on here at the Houston
SPCA. Clear the shelters is something that’s very special.
something that’s very special.
Special day. Bring your family,
bring your friends out. Aside
from the the Kona snow cones at
the cotton candy. We also have a lot of educational things
a lot of educational things
that are going on our commute,
summer wildlife ambassadors,
our experts will be talking
about injured. Wildlife Alexi
will be here at noon to demonstrate. How do you
demonstrate. How do you
introduce a pet into your home
when you already have a pet?
And we’ll also have our barn
open. So you get to see all
of the work that’s being done.
We’ll talk about the rescue those show, the demonstration
those show, the demonstration
about the rehabilitation and
really want to talk about how
animals wind up in a shelter in
the first place. It’s really
through no fault of their own. They are great animals like
They are great animals like
great pets. And we all know
that benefits of the healthy
benefits of adopting a pet.
And so it’s really important to
us, even if you’re thinking about adoption.
about adoption.
Come by, come see us. Just come
celebrate that their animals
here that will be here until
they find their new homes, the right Some people come in
right Some people come in
looking for a puppy and they
walk out with a senior because
when you’re ready to go, right,
I love that. You never know
you’re going to be. And we know
Mellon has been here she is. She’s a long stay. She has been
She’s a long stay. She has been
here over 30 days. And so we
will continue to talk about
her feature her and let people
know what her capabilities are. Our animal care team is working
Our animal care team is working
with a lot of our logs. Large
dogs about introducing each
other being around animals and
getting a lot of information as
much as we can to share with owners because they want to
owners because they want to
know a little bit about their
pets. But hey, grab a pet when
you’re ready and create some
really great history and
memories together. If people
want to connect with you, Houston SPCA where you’re
Houston SPCA where you’re
located, where can they go to
do so? And we’re right here by
by the Galleria, a 7 ’07 old
Katy Road. >> Right by Memorial Park near
>> Right by Memorial Park near
the height. So we’re really
close come between 11 in 6.
All kinds of things going on.
If you go to our website.
>> All the times for the
demonstrations and everything that’s going on is there.
that’s going on is there.
What’s the website? Houston
SPCA Dot Org.
>> Houston SPCA Dot Org.
We’re going to put all of this
information on our website
that’s click 2 Houston dot com. Again in my humble opinion,
Again in my humble opinion,
a dog, a cat really finishes
off that family. I’m going to
send things into you. Brittany,
in Siberia, inside the studio. Again, all of our coverage on
Again, all of our coverage on
clear the shelters continues on
click 2 Houston dot com.
We love to see it. Mellon has
the energy this morning. Thank you, Zach.
Thank you, Zach.
>> She dies. He dies during the
clear the shelters event.
All adoptions are free or at a
at a reduced cost to the end of
August, you can find a full
list of participating shelters and rescue groups.
and rescue groups.
>> At click 2 Houston dot com
slash Pat’s KPRC. 2 would like