All County Animal Shelter Adoption Fees Waived for the Next 90 Days

 

If you've waited to find a great animal companion--the next few months may be the perfect opportunity for you to consider adopting a pet from our animal shelter!

At Thursday's agenda review meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, one topic came up and was considered in the first five minutes of our discussions.  It's a  subject that should be bipartisan and non-political.  Heck, it should be a concept embraced by everyone--even the media and those who hate elected public officials for their mere existance. (Luckily that latter sort is a very small, miniscule faction of our population locally)  But even they should be able to celebrate what we are going to be doing.

Because the subject is animals and how we can help them.  Too many dogs and cats in our community  have been abandoned, neglected, or turned over to our County Animal Shelter because their owner(s) could no longer take appropriate care of them.

We currently have an over-abundance of such animals in our shelter--checked out by the veteranarians, given their shots, and ready for adoption.  

So we need to assist staff with helping to find these animals new homes!  😊

My September Coffee with the Commissioner event will happen live from the County Animal Shelter, and will take place on Wednesday morning, September 21st from 6:30AM-8:00AM.  At this event-- which will be streamed live by the folks at CMR and on Facebook--we will spotlight many of the animals that are available for adoption, as well as walking the facility, meeting staff and volunteers, and illustrating the important work this division of our County Government does day in, day out.

Important, compassionate work.

I had planned on making a $2,500.00 contribution from my D1 discretionary funds to cover the $21 costs of adoptions for the month of September;  my counterparts instead suggested we simply waive the fees for a period of 60 days for all adoptions------ which is an even better plan.

So through the end of  October all fees are waived for adoptions through Escambia County's Animal Shelter at 200 W. Fairfield Drive.

Learn more about the process of adoptions by visiting our Animal Services page here or by stopping by the shelter in person.

You can look online and see the pets currently available for adoption from multiple shelters by going to 24PetConnect and clicking the adopt link and entering your zip code.  There are hundreds of animals there waiting for good homes.