Want to adopt a pet but not pay fees? Then stop by LA’s shelters this weekend
The Los Angeles Animal Services will waive all adoption fees this weekend in recognition of National Kitten Day on Monday, July 10.
Waiving the fees is possible because of a grant from Petco Love, the retailer’s nonprofit foundation.
“Our centers are bursting at the seams with pets who are ready to be part of your family or join your household temporarily as a foster friend,” Staycee Dains, general manager for L.A. Animal Services, said in a statement. “Dogs and cats adopted from our six shelters join their new homes already spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and licensed.”
National Kitten Day celebrates the joy cats and kittens bring to their owners’ lives, and also raises awareness of “kitten keason,” according to a statement from the animal department.
“Kitten season,” usually during spring and summer, is when an enormous influx of kittens enter animal shelters. National Kitten Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness about how spaying and neutering pets can significantly reduce homeless animal populations.
For those who adopt pets this weekend, animal shelter staff will provide a Petco flyer with discounts to help make their pet adoption a success.
Pet adopters will also receive a VCA Healthy Start Certificate, which provides up to $250 of follow-up veterinary care within the first 14 days of adoption.
Canine companions adopted from any of the six shelters, meanwhile, will be eligible for free dog training classes at the Paws for Life K9 Rescue People and Pet Innovation Center in Mission Hills.
The six L.A. Animal Services centers are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the weekends. The locations are
- East Valley, 14409 Vanowen St., Van Nuys.
- Harbor, 957 N. Gaffey St., San Pedro.
- Chesterfield Square/South LA, 1850 W. 60th St., Los Angeles.
- North Central, 3201 Lacy St., Los Angeles.
- West Valley, 20655 Plummer St., Chatsworth.
- West Los Angeles 11361 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles.