FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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LA Animal Services is Desperately Seeking
Fosters and Adopters!
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Los Angeles, May 27, 2022 – Our Centers are over capacity as we continue to take in more dogs than we have been able to find these canine friends their new homes. This weekend, as National Pet Month comes to a close, LA Animal Services is offering reduced adoption fees on Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29. Adoption fees for all dogs will be $51 (not including license) and $75 for puppies. The adoption fees for cats and kittens will be waived thanks to a generous grant from the ASPCA. Make this Memorial Day one to remember, both for you and a new furry friend, by adopting a pet.
If you are unable to adopt, please consider fostering one of the many wonderful pets from our Centers to give them a temporary break from kennel life. View the pets available for fostering or adoption.
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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Can’t Adopt or Foster - You Can Still Help
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If you have lost a dog, please click here to see if your pet is in one of our Centers. If your pet is at one of our locations, no appointment is needed to reclaim and be reunited with your lost pet.
- If you have surrendered your dog to LA Animal Services, they are still here, and you are in a place to take them back. Please come reclaim them.
If you find a healthy, friendly loose dog, please look for its home by walking your neighborhood, posting flyers, or using social media by posting and description on LA City Lost and Found Pets, Nextdoor.com, Pawboost.com, or uploading the pet’s photo on PetcoLoveLost, a searchable national database that uses facial recognition technology. According to the ASPCA about half of missing dogs are found by searching their local neighborhoods.
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Center Operating Hours
Our six LA Animal Services locations are operating without appointments every Saturday and Sunday, from 11am to 5pm. Center Operating Hours
Our six LA Animal Services locations are operating without appointments every Saturday and Sunday, from 11am to 5pm. We 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.
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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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