{"id":64590,"date":"2025-11-29T16:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/64590\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T16:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:53:07","slug":"humane-society-of-broward-highlights-2-birdies-after-black-furrday-adoption-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/64590\/","title":{"rendered":"Humane Society of Broward highlights 2 \u2018Birdies\u2019 after Black Furrday adoption event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 The Humane Society of Broward County is featuring two special animals named Birdie for adoption following its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/28\/humane-society-of-broward-celebrates-black-furrday-with-pet-adoption-deals\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/28\/humane-society-of-broward-celebrates-black-furrday-with-pet-adoption-deals\/\">Black Furrday event on Friday<\/a>, which offered discounted adoption fees and helped dozens of pets find homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The first Birdie is a 1-year-old dog weighing 38 pounds. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">HSBC\u2019s Cherie Wachter described her as \u201ceasygoing\u201d but a little shy, noting she may be startled by loud noises until she settles in. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cGive her time to adjust and she is going to be your best friend,\u201d Wachter said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Birdie, a black-and-white mix of possible spaniel, pointer, and Dalmatian, is now available for half the usual adoption fee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The second Birdie is a 7-year-old black-and-white cat whose family is moving and cannot take her along. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Wachter said she is loving, enjoys playing with toys, and can live with small dogs or other cats, though she would also be fine as the only pet. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She is part of the shelter\u2019s \u201ccuddle busters\u201d program, which waives the adoption fee for certain animals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Wachter said the Black Furrday event on Friday was \u201cincredible,\u201d with more than 35 animals adopted, including Lucy, the first pet featured in the promotion. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She encouraged prospective pet owners to visit the shelter, apply online, or stop by in person. \u201cIf you\u2019re looking for a new pet now during the holidays, this is the moment,\u201d Wachter said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Broward Humane Society opens daily at 11 a.m., and more details about current adoption specials can be found on their website by <a href=\"https:\/\/humanebroward.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/humanebroward.com\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 The Humane Society of Broward County is featuring two special animals named Birdie for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-64590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}