 This weekend is National Pet Adoption Weekend, and a local animal shelter was out and about in Baxter today trying to spread the word on the benefits of pet adoption. The Babinski Foundation was at PetSmart in Baxter to show their support of National Pet Adoption Weekend. The foundation was founded in 2010 to provide a safe, healthy and loving environment to abandoned, stray, and surrendered animals until they find their new homes. National Pet Adoption Weekend was started by PetSmart charities to raise awareness of the thousands of pets that are waiting in shelters for permanent homes. You're saving a life. I mean, you're not dealing with puppy mills, you are getting dogs or cats at a much cheaper rate. We take care of the vet bills for you, basically, and that's all taken care of. So basically the biggest one is saving a life, you know, because we are no-kill shelter, but there are high-kill shelters out there that will, you know, after a short period of time, staying some very short, but some are a little bit longer, but after that period, you know, they won't be there anymore. The Babinski Foundation is located in Pequot Lakes right off of 76th Street Southwest. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.