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11-year-old Houstonian uses music therapy to help shelter dogs become more suitable for adoption

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October is adopt-a-dog month and a local 11-year-old Yuvi Agrawal is doing what he can to help. He created "Wild Tunes by Yuvi", a program that uses music to help shelter dogs get adopted. We met with Yuvi and his mom Priyanka to learn more about why he turned to this unique way of helping shelter dogs across the city.

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Activists claim CPS is housing children in unlivable conditions; will fundraise to create more foster facilities

Read full article: Activists claim CPS is housing children in unlivable conditions; will fundraise to create more foster facilities

Refrigerators without food, and filthy hotels. These are both conditions local activists say some children across the state are being subjected to while in custody of Child Protective Services. Now, those activists who say the CPS system is overwhelmed are taking matters into their own hands and are asking the public to help them in their mission.

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Surprising Tessa and Mel with adorable and adoptable puppies from Best Friends Animal Society

Read full article: Surprising Tessa and Mel with adorable and adoptable puppies from Best Friends Animal Society

Help support Best Friends Animal Society in Houston as they are offering fee-waived adoptions on dogs, cats, puppies and kittens from February 7th-14th. This is all due to a huge fundraising push by Puppy Bowl XX. Find your forever teammate at Best Friends Animal Society Houston. We want to thankSophia Proler, Director of BFAS South Central region for stopping by with Kashew and Kenzie!

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Father, daughter meet for the first time after 50 years

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HOUSTON – It was an emotional reunion for one Tomball, Texas father and his daughter, who were separated at her birth and then came together again after 50 years. Winski’s daughter, Kerri Beggs, said at the age of 19, she began a quest to find her biological father. Beggs, who now lives in Tucson, Arizona, took a plane to Hobby Airport on Friday, a flight that was delayed. For the first time after a lifetime of missing each other, the father and daughter embraced each other. For the last four months, I’ve been looking forward to this day.”Added Winski, “She’s my little girl.

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Houston SPCA will reopen adoption center after closing for several months due to pandemic

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HOUSTON – The Houston SPCA will finally reopen its adoption center after closing for seven months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since March, the Houston SPCA hosted several curbside adoptions and tele-adoptions during the pandemic and shut down. The option for tele-adoption will end Oct. 31. The adoption center will welcome potential adopters on Nov. 2 by appointment only. Houston SPCA says visitation appointments can be booked on Oct. 31 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. by calling 713-869-7722.

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Looking to expand your family with a rescue pet? Help KPRC 2 Clear the Shelters with their pet adoption drive!

Read full article: Looking to expand your family with a rescue pet? Help KPRC 2 Clear the Shelters with their pet adoption drive!

KPRC 2 is proud to once again join NBC and Telemundo's Clear the Shelters initiative and team up with Telemundo Houston and animal shelters in the Houston area to host the seventh annual Clear the Shelters nationwide pet adoption drive from now until September 19.

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Some families have been kept apart by coronavirus. These families are still waiting to meet

Read full article: Some families have been kept apart by coronavirus. These families are still waiting to meet

Across the world, families who were on the brink of adopting a child have had their futures together postponed by the coronavirus pandemic. "There's nothing easy about adoption, there's a lot of just every step, you know, kind of not getting our hopes up too much." He said there were "large numbers of families who are ready" to adopt and "thousands of children waiting." Most children are transferred from foster care to new families through a gradual handover and a series of meetings. "Trust is a really, really important part of this process," she said.