Thanks to the Bissell Pet Foundation’s latest statewide Empty the Shelter event, 1,530 pets found forever homes, according to the Foundation.

The Grand Rapids-based non-profit paid all adoption fees at 65 shelters and rescue organizations, including the Barry County Animal Shelter, on April 29.  

 “All of the adoptable cats that were in the shelter (nine) were adopted.  Seven dogs were adopted, only two senior dogs were not,” County Administrator Michael Brown reported.

Adopting families paid only the licensing fees, which vary by county from $7 to $12. Bissell picked up the rest and also gave each family an AdoptBox.