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Lied shelter places more than 900 pets over holidays

Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002 | 8:20 a.m.

The Lied Animal Shelter was able to place more than 900 animals in homes since the Thanksgiving week challenge.

The shelter had hoped to place 1,000 animals in homes from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day with its "Thousand Miracles for the Holidays," but were happy with the response from the community.

"We aimed for the stars and hit the moon," Doug Duke, director of the Adoption Center, said. "With this tremendous response, Las Vegas has proven itself a very compassionate community."

Most of the adoptions were of dogs and cats, but they also found homes for rabbits, birds, snakes, mice, guinea pigs, hamsters, goats, pigs and a chinchilla. Lied Animal Shelter's Adoption Center is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week.

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