They say dogs are a man's best friend and cats his most loyal companion. Thousands of people looking for their new friend or companion filled Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits Saturday as part of the No Kill LA Adoption Weekend.
Up to 20,000 people were expected to meet over 1,000 animals up for adoption through Sunday, with animal shelter workers doing their best to give each one of them a new home, like the Pineo-Cavanaugh household.
"Our cat is so social. I felt it was time for him to have a friend," one-time shelter volunteer Psalm Pineo-Cavanaugh said.
She and her family discovered one adorable cat hidden among hundreds of others and knew it was love.
"We are going to give him a great life and lots of attention," said her sister, Forest Pineo-Cavanaugh.
#NKLA: Hey #LA! We are waiting for you!! Adoption weekend is underway at the tar pits! pic.twitter.com/SKbtbw2ish — Robert Kovacik (@RobertNBCLA) May 2, 2015
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Along with NBC4's Robert Kovacik, Best Friends Animal Society Los Angeles hosted the event, meant to draw attention to their goal of ending animal shelter euthanasia in the city by 2017.
Marc Peralta, executive director of the Society's local chapter, says they're making progress. In 2011, over 23,000 animals were put down in city shelters, he said. In 2014, only 12,000 were.
Still, that means one in six animals that entered LA shelters were killed last year, according to NKLA statistics.
