There were big dogs and little dogs and white dogs and black dogs and even a purple dog at Leitchfield’s city park Saturday morning.

The Grayson County Humane Society hosted the annual Pet Walk on Saturday morning to educate the public on pet care and raise money for the care of the animals at the animal shelter.

With more than 20 pet owners bringing their dogs out to the city park Saturday morning there were lots of animals around.

The local shelter is run by a totally volunteer staff and relies on fund-raisers and the generosity of others to help feed and shelter the abandoned animals.

The event raised a little over $200 for the shelter to use in the care of the animals, reported event organizer Dr Gay Fulkerson.

“We use the money to give the animals that are dropped off at the shelter vaccines and spay or neuter them and pay vet bills. It can sometimes get expensive to treat these animals,” said Fulkerson. “I also want to remind every one that we offer low cost spay and neutering of god and cats. “

The Pet Walk was also designed to educate the public on the importance of spaying and neutering animals.

Shelter volunteer Beth Cook discussed new program the shelter is offering.

“Right now we are offering to spay or neuter any city cats for free,” said Cook. “It is kitten season and our cat population is over run. In order to try to prevent euthanizing them we are hoping to have more city cats spayed or neutered. We will continue to offer this until the money runs out.”

“We save about 800 animals a year and the cost of caring for these animals can get expensive,” said Lindsey Shaffar, president of the Grayson County Human Society. “I don’t think most people know that we operate on donations only. The city helps by providing the facility but everything else comes from donations and there are times when the vet bills on some of these animals are very high.”

For more information on the Leitchfield Animal Shelter call (270) 230-8839 or visit www.graysonhumane.org.