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Celebrate National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day With LA Animal Services By Adding A Furry Animal Friend to Your Family
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Los Angeles, April 29, 2022 – Celebrate National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day on Saturday, April 30, by bringing home a four-legged friend from LA Animal Services! To encourage pet adoptions, LA Animal Services will be offering reduced adoption fees on Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1, and with the first week of May being National Pet Week, we’re proud to have the support of Petco Love in sponsoring special adoption fees for dogs and puppies, from Monday, May 2 through Sunday, May 8. The adoption fees for cats and kittens will be waived thanks to a generous grant from the ASPCA.
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If you are unable to adopt, please consider fostering one of our amazing pets from our Centers to give them a temporary break from kennel life. View the pets available for fostering or adoption.
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Dogs and cats adopted from LA Animal Services join their new families already spayed or neutered, vaccinated, licensed, and microchipped. In addition, canine companions adopted from LA Animal Services are also eligible for free dog training classes at the Paws for Life K9 Rescue People & Pet Innovation Center in Mission Hills, CA. Contact Info@pawsforlifek9.org for more details.
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To continue the love and celebration that shelter pets provides us, snap a photo of your pet and share it with us on social media using the hashtags #LAAnimalServices #LACityPets #AdoptaShelterPet and tag us @laanimalservices! We’d also love to hear how adopting your furry friend has changed your life! Submit your photos and stories so we can share your pet’s happy tails!
Center Operating Hours
Our six LA Animal Services locations are operating without appointments every Saturday and Sunday, from 11am to 5pm.
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We will continue to operate by appointment during the week, Tuesday through Friday, from 8am to 5pm for pet adoptions, fostering, and owner surrender, with Centers closed on Mondays. Sick or injured animals will be admitted without an appointment. Appointments may be scheduled by going online or by calling 1-888-452-7381.
To follow COVID-19 safety protocols, social distancing will be observed and face coverings will be required when in our Centers.
Per City Ordinance 187219, you will need to show proof of your COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of entry into the shelter. You can request a digital COVID-19 Vaccination Record if you were vaccinated in California (unless you were vaccinated at a federal facility) by visiting MyVaccineRecord.cdph.ca.gov. For any questions regarding vaccination records, visit the LA County Vaccine Records website.
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LA Animal Services promotes and protects the health, safety, and welfare of animals and the people who love them, and is one of the largest municipal shelter systems in the United States. With six Centers across the City, LA Animal Services serves approximately 60,000 animals annually and responds to 20,000 emergency calls involving animals or people in danger. LA Animal Services is part of the Human Animal Support Services (HASS) international coalition, joining 38 municipal shelters and animal welfare organizations across the country to reimagine and transform the way shelters care for animals and their families, by offering access to resources to help keep families together; getting lost pets home quickly without having to enter the shelter system; providing food and medical assistance; and continuing to build on a strong adoption and foster program so pets find their permanent homes or are placed in foster care. Visit our link.tree for helpful links to the services and resources available to you and your companion animals. Connect with LA Animal Services and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.
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