LA animal shelters to waive adoption fees for dogs and cats this weekend
LA animal shelters to waive adoption fees for dogs and cats this weekend
Los Angeles will commemorate the second annual California Adopt-a-Pet Day on Saturday, joining more than 150 animal shelters across the state, by offering fee-waived adoptions.
On Saturday, the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services, also known as LAAS, is waiving fees using a donation from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
To keep the momentum going, LAAS will extend fee-waived adoptions for dogs and cats on Sunday with the help of a grant from Petco Love.
After that, the shelters will offer reduced-fee adoptions every remaining weekend day in June.
To find the nearest LA city animal shelter, go to laanimalservices.com.
The waived adoption fees for dogs four months and older do not cover a $20 license fee for city residents.
“We work closely and rely on the community, which includes our New Hope Partners, fosters and volunteers to help get the animals in our shelters out,” said Annette Ramirez, interim general manager for LA Animal Services, in a statement.
“We’re asking the community to adopt or foster to relieve the overcrowding we are experiencing, due to an increase in owner surrenders, as well as stray and injured animals coming in with nowhere else to go, which add to the animals already in our shelters,” the statement continued.
Pets adopted from LA Animal Services are already spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped when they join their new families.
Adopters can also receive a Petco flyer with discounts to help make their pet adoption a success, and a VCA Healthy Start Certificate, which provides up to $250 of follow-up veterinary care within the first 14 days of adoption. Additionally, dogs are eligible for free dog training classes with Paws for Life K9 Rescue at their People & Pet Innovation Center in Mission Hills.
“Choosing adoption is a powerful action that helps both animals and people — in California and nationwide. When you adopt from a shelter, you’re not just giving one animal a loving home — you’re also making room for another animal in need,” said Matt Bershadker, president & CEO of ASPCA, in a statement released last month.
According to ASPCA, the organizations works with hundreds of shelters and rescues in communities throughout the U.S.
Adoption fees will be reduced on the remaining weekends in June for the following events:
— June 14-15: Celebrate Father’s Day with a New Furry Friend
— June 21-22: The Pet Care Foundation’s Basic Black Adoption Weekend
— June 28-29: Summer Lovin’ Adoption Weekend
On these weekends, the department will provide the following reduced adoption fees for dogs, $51 (that does not include a $20 license fee for L.A. city residents); puppies $75; cats $12.50; and kittens $25.
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