Clearwater Kids Have Fun In Park With Furry Friends

As part of Clearwater Public Library's Summer Reading Program, children gathered at Clearwater's park at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday to pet furry friends and ask the Holt County Animal Shelter members questions. 

Diana Kohl and Paula Davis from the animal shelter answered a variety of questions, even whether or not it's safe to feed a dog a hotdog. In light of 4th of July coming up, they discussed how to be safe shooting off fireworks with dogs around. 

At the end, they told the kids their motto, "adopt, don't shop." Kohl and Davis encouraged them to adopt pets from the animal shelter rather than purchasing bred puppies.  

As a thank you, children were asked to bring items from a list the shelter provided, including collars, canned dog food, hand sanitizer and more. 

After showing some love to the dogs and taking pictures of them, the program then released butterflies.