City of Wylie Animal Services is hosting a Clear the Shelters Day adoption event and Low-Cost Vaccine Clinic Aug 15. The vaccine clinic will be from 10 am to noon; Clear the Shelters is from 10 am to 5 pm.

Complimentary drinks and snacks will be provided by the Gifted and Talented fourth-grade class from Cox Elementary, and members of Girl Scout Troop #2378 and their leader Judy Knowles will be on hand to serve.

Wylie Animal Control Supervisor Shelia Patton said staff and volunteers are gearing up for the event. “We are very excited about this day dedicated to our four-legged friends. Low-cost vaccines are being offered for all pets – not just those adopted that day. We are also waiving adoption fees for Aug. 15, so we can help all animals find loving families and forever homes!”

More than 50 North Texas shelters are scheduled to participate in the Clear the Shelters event. Organizers said it’s the largest adoption effort ever held in North Texas, and they hope it will be the largest multi-city, multi-county adoption event in the U.S.

Rabies shots for cats and dogs are only $5, and many other vaccinations are available at reduced rates. Texas Coalition for Animal Protection, www.texasforthem.org, is partnering with Wylie for the vaccination event; call 974-566-5551 with questions. The vaccine clinic is at the Public Works building, 949 Hensley Ln., and the adoption center is next door at Wylie Animal Services, 949A Hensley Ln. Visitors must be at least 18 years old with valid ID to adopt.

For more information, call Wylie Animal Services at 972-442-5268 or email animalcontrol@wylietexas.gov. The Clear the Shelters website is www.cleartheshelters.org