Download August 10, 2016: Berkeley Animal Shelters Join Forces to Celebrate

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Sherry Liu
Marketing Manager
Berkeley Humane
[email protected]
510-845-7735 ext 228
Berkeley Animal Shelters Join Forces to Celebrate National Senior
Citizens Day on Sunday, August 21, 2016
Senior citizens qualify for free adoptions at two Berkeley animal shelters.
--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-(Berkeley, CA) August 10, 2016—Berkeley Humane (Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society) and Berkeley Animal Care
Services (BACS) are teaming up to celebrate National Senior Citizens Day! Senior citizens can adopt senior pets for
free at both Berkeley shelters on August 21st.
“Research tells us that companion animals—such as cats and dogs—improve our physical and mental health,” said
Berkeley Humane Executive Director Jeffrey Zerwekh. “Often the quiet home of a senior citizen is the perfect
match for an older animal looking for a new home.”
The special adoption campaign co-hosted by Berkeley Humane and BACS encourages senior members of the local
community to adopt senior animals in need of loving homes. Both shelters hope that the campaign will help
mature, harder-to-place animals find loving homes, while senior humans rediscover the joy of having a cat or dog
in their lives.
“There are so many benefits to bringing an older animal into your life,” said Amelia Funghi, BACS Shelter Manager.
“Senior animals are often gentler, calmer, and often are already trained.”
Berkeley Humane and BACS both offer year-round adoption programs where senior citizens can adopt senior pets
at reduced rates, but in honor of National Senior Citizens Day, the two Berkeley shelters wanted to do something
extra special by waiving 100% of adoption fees.
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Berkeley Humane
2700 9th Street, Berkeley, CA, 94710, 510-845-7735
August 21, 2016, 11am-5pm: Seniors 55+ adopt senior pets 7 years or older for FREE.
Golden Paws (year-round): Seniors 55+ receive 50% discount when adopting a senior pet 7 years or older.
Animals available for adoption: www.berkeleyhumane.org
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Berkeley Animal Care Services
1 Bolivar Drive, Berkeley, CA 94710, 510-981-6600
August 21, 2016, 11am-3pm: Seniors 60+ adopt senior pets 6 years or older for FREE.
60/6/60 (year-round): Seniors 60+ receive 60% discount when adopting a senior pet 6 years or older.
Animals available for adoption: www.friendsofbacs.org/animals
ABOUT BERKELEY HUMANE
Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society has served the people and animals of the community since 1895, by providing
life-saving programs for cats and dogs, cultivating compassion, and strengthening the human-animal bond.
Because the well-being of animals reflects the well-being of the community, Berkeley Humane engages minds,
hearts and hands to provide care for dogs and cats throughout the East Bay region. As an independent, non-profit
organization, Berkeley Humane intakes its animals from overpopulated municipal shelters and provide medical care
before offering animals for adoption.
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ABOUT BERKELEY ANIMAL CARE SERVICES
The City of Berkeley’s Animal Care Services (BACS) is a division of the Office of the City Manager. We provide a wide
range of services to our cities’ residents and their pets, including field services, seven days a week, to the cities of
Berkeley and Albany. These services include the enforcement of city ordinances related to animals, removal of killed
or injured wildlife, impoundment of stray pets, and investigation of animal-related neglect, cruelty, nuisance and
bite cases. At our shelter, we house domestic animals from the cities of Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, and
Piedmont. We provide not only a safe haven for these homeless pets, but also adoption services, advice on animalrelated topics, lost and found pet reports, and free or low-cost spay/neuter vouchers for Berkeley residents’ dogs
and cats.
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