More than 300 pets find homes at adoption event


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SALT LAKE CITY — Pet lovers and animals that need love met at the Utah State Fair Park Saturday for the spring NKUT adoption.

No-Kill Utah is an organization that helps animals in shelters find a place to live rather than be put down.

Last year, more than 13,000 animals died in Utah, and 8,000 were put down because they couldn't find a home.

“It’s very tragic to consider that in Utah we still have healthy, friendly, adoptive animals just because they don’t have a safe place to call home,” said Temma Martin of Best Friends Animal Society.

Martin and BFAS hope to make Utah the second no-kill state in the United States.

Utah is currently at a 77 percent no-kill rate, and the organizations' goal is to reach 90 percent.

More than 300 cats and dogs found a home Saturday.

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