WELCOME BACK,.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO ADD A PET
TO YOUR FAMILY YOU HAVE THE
GREAT OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEKEND.
HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THE
ADOPTION AND AN AMAZING
ORGANIZATION IS
"RIVER CITY LIVE."
>> THANK YOU.
>> LET'S START OUT, WHAT IS THE
ORGANIZATION, YOU GUYS HAVE AN
AMAZING MISSION THAT IS HELPING
OUT A LOT OF ANIMALS AND YOU ARE
WITH HOMELESS PAL, THE TITLE
SAID WHAT YOU ABOUT AND IT IS
THE ORGANIZATION, GIVE US AN
OVERVIEW OF HOW YOU HELP OUT
WITH ANIMALS?
>> SO, FIRST, WE ARE NOT A
SHELTER BUT WE MAKE SHELTERS
STRONG, WE HAVE A LOT OF
LIFE-SAVING PROGRAMS LIKE THE
ABOUT.
WE OFFER LOCUST, HIGH QUALITY
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPREHENSIVE
PROGRAMS THAT REALLY JUST HELP
STRENGTHEN THE SHELTERS HERE AND
KEEP JACKSONVILLE NO KILL.
>> SO NICE.
YOU ARE HELPING SUPPLEMENT ALL
THE DIFFERENT SHELTERS OUT
THERE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
PETS ARE HEALTHY AND THEN THAT
IS GOING TO STRENGTHEN THEIR
>> EXACTLY.
>> AND LET'S TACK ABOUT THE MEGA
PET ADOPTION, THAT STARTS FRIDAY
AND GOES TO SUNDAY.
AND IT IS SUCH A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILY THAT
MIGHT BE IN THE MARKET TO ADOPT
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
ONLY $20 IT INCLUDES A LOT.
>> A $20 ADOPTION FEE INCLUDING
SPAY AND NEUTER AND MICROCHIP
AND CITY LICENSE, A FANTASTIC
DEAL.
THEY ARE SPONSORING FREE
MILITARY ADOPTIONS SO FOR ACTIVE
FREE.
SPONSOR, PETCO.
>> WE DO.
PETCO SPONSORS THE ENTIRE EVENT.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR
SUPPORT AT JACKSONVILLE
FAIRGROUNDS, FRIDAY, SATURDAY,
SUPPORT, 10:00 TO 6:00 EACH DAY.
>> LET' SAY YOU ARE IN A FAMILY
IN A MARKET TO ADOPT A PET.
YOU WILL GO IN THERE AND THERE
ARE A LOT OF ANIMALS.
>> THERE IS OVER 1,000 ADOPTABLE
ANIMALS WE HAVE ALL THE SHELTER
EMPLOYEES, SO WE HAVE ABOUT
12-15 LOCAL RESCUE AND SHELTER
GROUPS THERE.
WE HAVE 300 VOLUNTEERS THERE TO
HELP PLAY WITH THE ANIMAL, PLAY
áPáH THEM AND GO HOME WITH ONE.
>> IT SOUND LIKE A GREAT
EXPERIENCE.
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TYPICALLY WE SEE 10,000 VISITORS
TO EACH EVENT AND OUR GOAL IS TO
ADOPT 7-800 ANIMALLESS.
DOGS AND CATS.
>> WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS YOU SEE
WITH ADOPTION YOU ARE TRYING TO
TO ALLEVIATE.
>> WE LIKE LOCUST ADOPTION FEES.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO
THE COMMUNITY.
MAKE SURE THEY ARE SPAY AND
NEUTERED AND UP TO DATE ON
MEDICAL NEEDS AND HELM FAMILIES
TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE
NEED ALSO.
>> I IMAGINE THAT IS A BIG PART
OF WHAT YOU DO, MAKE SURE THE
THE APPROPRIATE CARE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND IS THAT A VOID IN THE
MARKET, YOU SEE A LOT DO NOT?
>> SOMETIMES.
THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO LOCAL
RESOURCES.
SO WE HELP OUT SO MANY LOCAL
SHELTER GROUPS AN RECUSE ACROSS
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
AND YOU SAW THE VETERINARIAN
CLINIC ON PAPID AVENUE THAT IS
LOCUST, HIGH QUALITY
VETERINARIAN SERVICES WE OFFER
TO THE RESCUE GROUPS AND
WELL.
>> THAT SO IMPORTANT, TOO, JUST
HEALTH CARE FOR FAMILIES IS SO
EXPENSIVE RIGHT NOW.
>> RIGHT.
>> OBVIOUSLY THE SAME WITH PETS.
YOU WON'T TO MAKE SURE THE PETS
ARE GETTING APPROPRIATE CARE,
THE SERVICE YOU GUYS OFFER, NO
BARRIER, SO THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE
ABOUT, MAKING SURE ANIMALS HAVE
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ANIMALS
CAN AFFORD IT AND THE NEXT STEP
IS MAKING SURE THEY FIND HOMES.
>> UH-HMM.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> HIGH ASPHALT.
THE EVENT IS THE 14th THRU
16th, FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY,
JACKSONVILLE FAIRGROUNDS.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT THE WEB
SITE IS AT CNN H. P..ORG, YOU
CAN GO THERE, LEARN ALL ABOUT IT
LIKE THAT YOU HAVE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
CHECK IT OUT AND COME TO THE
JACKSONVILLE FAIRGROUNDS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
INFORMATION WITH OUR VIEWERS.