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    Animal news

    Weekend event will help Dallas empty its crowded animal shelter

    Holly Beretto
    Jul 10, 2020 | 9:30 am
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    Bring a puppy, kitten, or both home this weekend for as little as $25.
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    A new-to-Dallas event will allow residents to adopt pets and help make room at the city's animal shelter.

     

    Called Empty the Shelters, it takes place July 10-12 and is part of a nationwide program sponsored by the Bissell Pet Foundation. The organization is working with animal shelters across Texas to reduce adoption fees on cats and dogs; in some cases, the fees will be as low as $25.

     

    In the Dallas area, the only participating shelter will be Dallas Animal Services.

     

    This is not the first "clear the shelter" type event. Since 2014, an annual event called Clear the Shelters takes place every August, and is hosted at numerous shelters across North Texas. Clear the Shelters is sponsored by NBC, the national news network, and adoptions on that day are free.

     

    With Empty the Shelters, Bissell takes a more hands-on approach, including a follow-up survey to adopters, a spokesperson says.

     

    The event is timed to follow 4th of July, says Cathy Bissell, founder of the Bissell Pet foundation.

     

    "More pets run away on the Fourth of July than any other day of the year," Bissell says in a statement. "The increase in shelter intake puts pressure on our partners, who are already working with limited staff and funding due to COVID-19. The best way for us to support them is to help their pets find loving homes."

     

    Those interested in adopting a pet can visit Bissell's Empty the Shelters site for details, and check DAS' website for information on appointments and operating hours. All animals included in the Empty the Shelters promotion will be microchipped and spayed/neutered.

     

    This weekend's event will also honor foster-to-adopt cases, IE if you're willing to foster first and then decide to adopt, a discount can be applied up to one week after the event.

     

    Since the program began in Michigan in 2016, Empty the Shelters has found homes for 37,394 pets and counting. During the COVID-19 pandemic, 6,231 pets were adopted during two previous Empty the Shelters events.

     
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    Dallas somehow slips on list of top cities for celebrating 4th of July

    Amber Heckler
    Jul 3, 2025 | 9:25 am
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    A new national report delivers head-scratching news about celebrating the 4th of July in Dallas: The city has fallen behind as a great place to celebrate the holiday nationwide.

    A new WalletHub study, "Best & Worst Places for 4th of July Celebrations (2025)," deems Dallas the 40th best U.S. city for celebrating Independence Day, a steep decline from last year's ranking of No. 24.

    WalletHub annually compares the 100 biggest U.S. cities across 18 metrics like affordability, the variety of celebrations on July 4th, weather favorability, safety, and more.

    On the upside, Dallas is the 12th most affordable U.S. city for celebrating Independence Day in 2025. It also ranked 16th in the category for 4th of July celebrations. Festivities in DFW started as early as June 28, with numerous Dallas-area cities hosting their own 4th of July celebrations in the week leading up to Independence Day. But a predictably low score in the "weather" category lowers the hot city's overall ranking.

    This is how WalletHub ranked Dallas in the remaining three categories in the study:

    • No. 33 – Attractions and activities rank
    • No. 80 – Safety and accessibility rank
    • No. 95 – 4th of July weather rank

    Though Dallas earned a middling national rank, it still ranked as the second-best city for celebrating Independence Day in Texas, and it's the best city for celebrating the holiday in the Metroplex. Fort Worth ranked nine spots behind as No. 49, with Arlington (No. 73), Plano (No. 82), and Irving (No. 85) all landing farther behind.

    Corpus Christi (No. 93), the Dallas suburb Garland (No. 94), and Laredo (No. 98) all ranked near the bottom as the worst cities for celebrating the holiday state- and nationwide.

    Here's how other Texas cities fared on WalletHub's list of the best cities for celebrating the 4th of July:

    • No. 39 – Houston
    • No. 80 – San Antonio
    • No. 88 – Austin

    The best place for celebrating Independence Day in 2025 is none other than Los Angeles. Rounding out the top five cities are New York City (No. 2), Seattle (No. 3), Las Vegas (No. 4), and Minneapolis (No. 5).

    "The 4th of July is one of the most beloved holidays in America, allowing many of us to not only celebrate our independence but also get a day off of work and gather together with family and friends," said WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo. "The best cities for the holiday help you make the most of your day, with affordable food options, good weather, fun recreation choices and long, spectacular fireworks shows."

    An additional Fourth of July report by WalletHub (created from an online survey of "over 200 Americans") revealed public sentiment regarding the federal holiday has soured, with 38 percent of respondents saying they "don't feel financially independent this fourth of July." Additional economic issues that are concerning Americans include rising inflation rates, tariff woes, and others.

    "More than half of Americans say inflation is affecting their 4th of July plans," the survey said. "Seven in 10 Americans think the founding fathers would not be satisfied with the current economy."

    Despite these worries, WalletHub discovered one in four Americans say celebrating Independence Day "is worth going into debt" for.

    Other intriguing observations made by the survey include 65 percent of Americans claim they are "making a bigger effort" to buy U.S.-made products, though nearly one in three people say they aren't willing to pay more money to purchase things made in the U.S.

    Additional findings from the survey include:

    • 79 percent of Americans say U.S. independence is threatened by the rising federal debt
    • 53 percent of Americans plan to spend less money this Fourth of July than they did last year
    • 48 percent of people say tariffs are affecting their Fourth of July plans
    • Nearly 2 in 3 people believe access to credit should be a basic American right
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