BC SPCA promoting National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day
Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 28 Apr, 2023 09:51 AM
Any British Columbians looking for a new fur friends from the province's S-P-C-A branches can get 50 per cent off adoption fees between now and Sunday.
The promotion is to mark National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day.
The S-P-C-A says many locations are also hosting special activities and offering extended hours this weekend.
The organization says it cared for nearly 16-thousand animals last year.
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