Pet adoption expo helps Brooklynites find new best friends
Thousands filled the Brooklyn Expo Center in a quest to find that perfect addition to their family as Best Friends Animal Society staged its Spring Pet Super Adoption event on the banks of the East River. More than 20 dog, cat and even rabbit rescue organizations joined Best Friends inside the Greenpoint building this past weekend. Volunteers presented puppies, grown animals, elders, purebreds, exotically mixed breeds and dogs with three legs to people willing to open their hearts and homes to a creature in need of both.
Many traveled considerable distances to find the perfect pet. After driving in from Connecticut, James Hedrick left the Expo Center with a tiny black lab mix attached to one shoulder.
“She has ‘Kayla’ on her collar, but I don’t know if that’s what we’ll wind up calling her,” Hedrick explained, while Kayla put on all the most adorable puppy moves —gently licking daddy’s face, placing one tiny paw on his chin and emitting mighty yawns. Passersby were rapidly and hopelessly transfixed by the display of canine pulchritude.