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Families flock to Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society's
`Pet Adoption Fair' sponsored by Huntington Woods businesswomen.

A MUR,

STEVE STEIN STAFF WRITER

en the doors opened,
five families already
were waiting in line.
The parade of people,
sometimes overflowing the room
at the Huntington Woods Recre-
ation Center, didn't stop for 4 t'2
hours.
Yes, the Michigan Anti-Cruel-
ty Society's "Pet Adoption Fair"
held July 23 was a success. Ac-
cording to Donna Klein, one of the
organizers, 26 of the 28 homeless
puppies, dogs, kittens and cats
were adopted.
Many of those families adopt-
ing were from Huntington
Woods. Others came from places
like Ann Arbor, Detroit,
Rochester Hills and Sterling
Heights.
"Everyone was thrilled with
the turnout,"
said Ms.
Klein, owner
of the Cat
Company of
Huntington
Woods, an
in-home cat
sitting busi-
ness.
"The first
family who
adopted an
animal ar-
rived 15
minutes be-
fore the fair
began," Ms.

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Klein said. "They must have
known what they were look-
ing for, because they had
their forms filled out in 10
or 15 minutes. They adopt-
ed a 7-week-old cockapoo-
mix puppy."
In addition to Ms. Klein,
the other fair sponsor was
Dr. Orit Szwarcman of
Home-Vet, a house-call vet-
erinarian service. Both
women are Huntington
Woods residents and mem-
bers of Temple Emanu-El.
Huntington Woods recre-
ation director Amy Kessler
helped organize the event.
It was the first time Ms.
Klein and Dr. Szwarcman
hosted a "Pet Adoption Fair"
and the first time the Anti-

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Donna Klein holds
Georgia, who later
was adopted.

amined by a vet.
After filling
out the proper
paperwork, po-
tential adoptive
families were in-
terviewed by
Anti-Cruelty So-
ciety volunteers
in another room
behind closed
doors. The vol-
unteers needed
to make sure the
family met all
the require-
ments for a per-
manent and responsible home.
The adoption fee was $35. If
the animal was not spayed or
neutered, the family had to place
a $40 deposit for a female or $30
for a male, which will be returned
when the operation is done.
Not every family looking to
adopt an animal was approved,
Ms. Klein said. Most were turned
down because there already was
a pet in the home or they want-
ed to give the animal as a gift.
Besides the animals at the fair,
families could check out a bulletin
board filled with photos of ani-
mals housed at the Anti-Cruelty
Society's shelter in Detroit or liv-
ing in foster homes or sign a
"wish list." ❑

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"Hey, who
woke me up?"

Cruelty Society held an
event of this type in a com-
munity center. (They nor-
mally are heid in pet supply
stores.)
Some of the animals up
for adoption in Huntington
Woods had been abused by
their owners. If that was the
case, it was noted on the an-
imal's informational cage
card "because it's important
for people to know," Ms.
Klein said.
One cat was rescued from
an owner who used to swing
it by its tail and fling it into
a wall.
Many of the animals
came from foster homes. All
had been vaccinated and ex-

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