Half-price adoptions offered all month long

For Immediate Release Oct. 2, 2009

Media Contact:
Bill Begley
Communications Officer
Office: 817-392-6705
Cell: 817-992-6269

In recognition of Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month, all adoptions at the Animal Care and Control Center through October will be half-price. Dogs can be adopted for $35 and cats for $25. Spay/neuter surgery, microchip, rabies vaccination and a city pet license are included in the price.

Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month will be recognized by proclamation during the Oct. 6 Fort Worth City Council meeting at City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St. The Animal Care and Control Center’s mobile adoption unit will be at City Hall during the council meeting, with dogs and cats available for adoption.

Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month already is recognized nationally by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Also, as of Oct. 1, any pet adopted by a senior citizen (65 and older) is half-price every day.

Each year, more than 20,000 homeless or lost pets come through the Animal Care and Control Center. Though many find happy, loving homes, an estimated 55 percent of the adoptable animals must be euthanized due to overpopulation.

To learn more about pet adoptions or if you are interested in volunteering with the center, call 817-392-PAWS (7297), e-mail animalvolunteers@fortworthgov.org, or visit www.FortWorthGov.org/animals.

Posted by Brian Chatman at 10/02/2009 05:18:08 PM