Massachusetts animal shelters recently found homes for more than 80 adult dogs as shelters across the state are grappling with high dog populations.

Multiple animal shelters across the commonwealth were part of an adoptathon where fees were waived for adult dogs, which included all dogs over the age of 1.

The goal was to find homes for 100 dogs from Oct. 13-19.

The shelters involved in the adoptathon included, MSPCA locations in Boston, Methuen, Salem and Centerville and the Massachusetts Animal Shelter Support (MASS) coalition members Berkshire Humane Society, Boston Animal Care and Control, Worcester Animal Rescue League, and Thomas J. O’Connor Animal Control and Adoption Center. Fees will also be waived at Lowell Humane Society and Baypath Humane Society of Hopkinton.

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