Now View Adoptable Pets on Television
The Humane Society and Comcast launch new ON DEMAND pet adoption program!
Comcast On Demand subscribers can now see pets available for adoption at the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County from their couch. Yesterday, the Humane Society, in partnership with Comcast Cable, launched the Meet Your Match – Adopt-A-Pet television program. Subscribers can find pets currently available for adoption through their On Demand menu (Channel 01). Click “Get Local,” then “Adopt-A-Pet”. There you will learn how to adopt a dog through The Humane Society’s innovative new Meet Your Match program – where you are matched with a dog that fits your lifestyle. Adoptable pets, including dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs and others will be updated weekly.
Similar programming launched by Comcast and other humane societies across the country have been well received, accounting for up to 10-15 percent of total adoptions.
This partnership is one of the Humane Society’s strategies to lead Pierce County in becoming the only “open-admission”, “no-kill” community in Washington by the end of 2008. “Increasing adoption of homeless pets is a primary way to achieve this goal, said Steve Pierce, the shelter’s executive director. Spaying and neutering our pets and fixing the problem of pet overpopulation; helping to foster pets until they’re old enough to be adopted; and donating to The Humane Society, are other ways the community can help us to achieve this goal”, he said.
An interactive, on-screen programming guide, On Demand offers Comcast Digital Cable customers the ability to choose from a variety of movies and programs at their convenience, including the new Meet Your Match – Adopt-A-Pet.
Tune into Comcast On Demand and adopt a pet today!
