Corpus Christi Animal Services Joins BISSELL Pet Foundation to Celebrate 10 Years of Empty the Shelters® with Reduced Adoption Fees Nationwide

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - BISSELL Pet Foundation, a national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending pet homelessness, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its signature Empty the Shelters® event with a nationwide reduced-fee adoption effort from Saturday, May 1, through Sunday, May 17.

Corpus Christi Animal Care Services (CCACS) will participate in this nationwide event, joining more than 335 shelters across 39 states to help pets find loving homes.

During the event, BISSELL Pet Foundation will sponsor reduced adoption fees of $70 or less for cats and dogs, making it more affordable to welcome a new pet into the family. All pets are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped.

Visit https://www.corpuschristitx.gov/department-directory/animal-care-services/adopt/ for details and photos of adoptable pets.

Available pets can also be viewed in person Monday through Saturday, 12:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at CCACS, 2626 Holly Road.

“Ten years ago, Empty the Shelters® began with a simple goal—to bring awareness to the incredible cats and dogs in shelters,” said Cathy Bissell, Founder of BISSELL Pet Foundation. “Today, it has grown into a national effort that has helped nearly 400,000 pets find families. Those adoptions have opened space for other pets to enter shelters, provided relief for shelter teams, and created the heartwarming joy that only adoption can bring.

Empty the Shelters is the nation’s largest funded adoption event and has helped nearly 400,000 pets find homes across the U.S. and Canada since its inception in 2016. Sponsored by BISSELL Pet Foundation, the program works with hundreds of animal welfare organizations to reduce adoption fees and make pet adoption accessible to more families.

Media representatives requesting more information may contact Senior Public Information Officer Gabriela Morrow at 361-826-3583 or Gabrielam@corpuschristitx.gov.