Event Lets Animal Rescues Showcase Their Furry Friends

A little rain didn’t keep pet lovers away from an adoption event Saturday at .

Five different animal rescue organizations — the Romeoville Humane Society, Help Save Pets, Starfish Animal Rescue, Homeless Animal Rescue Team (HART)and 4 Paws 4 U 4 Ever — turned out for the May 21 event hoping to find fosters and forever homes for pets in need.

Despite a little wet weather, they weren’t disappointed.

“It’s been going well,” said Megan Ziller of the Romeoville Humane Society. As the event drew to a close, the organization has finalized one adoption and lined up foster homes for three other pets. Several other adoptions were in the works pending a home visit, Ziller said.

An Abri employee estimated that roughly 10 pets found new homes Saturday.

Ziller said volunteers are hard at work raising money to help the humane society purchase its own building. For now, the organization relies on volunteer foster families to house its pets.

“We really need cat fosters right now,” she said. Not only is it kitten season, according to Ziller, but the humane society has also received numerous adult cats from area pounds in recent weeks.

To learn more about the humane society or become a foster, email romeovillehumanesociety@yahoo.com or visit www.romeovillehumanesociety.org. Information on the humane society and its available pets is also available on the group’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/RomeovilleHumaneSociety.