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$10 Pet Adoption Blowout

September 15, 2019 Click to view $10 Pet Adoption Blowout

It’s the best deal in town! Huntsville Animal Services is offering a $10 Blowout Pet Adoption special starting Monday, September 16, through Saturday, September 28. Exceptions may apply on some pets. The Shelter relies on the community to adopt dozens of pets coming into the Shelter each week. You can help save a pet’s life and earn a new best friend.  Please visit the Shelter and get to know these loving and playful animals. There’s always room [ more ]

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Fee-Waived Pet Adoptions At Huntsville Animal Services

September 8, 2019 Click to view Fee-Waived Pet Adoptions At Huntsville Animal Services

Huntsville Animal Services continues to receive homeless pets daily and Shelter volunteers say they need the community’s urgent help to house more than 80 dogs and 20 cats. Starting Monday, September 9, through Saturday, September 14, adoption fees will be waived on most of the animals at the Shelter. To meet the dozens of beautiful pets needing a home, visit the Shelter at 4950 Triana Boulevard, or view the portfolio of [ more ]

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Benchwarmers: Shelter Pets Want to Play, Give Them a Chance

August 18, 2019 Click to view Benchwarmers: Shelter Pets Want to Play, Give Them a Chance

About 15 dogs and cats come into the Huntsville Animal Shelter each day.  It is emotionally challenging for these animals to be housed in the Shelter, and Animal Services volunteers are working hard to find them loving families. There is always something special about each of our Shelter pets, and volunteers want you to give them a chance to join your family.  To help entice adoptions throughout the month of August, fees will be waived for dogs and cats housed at the Shelter for more [ more ]

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Get Moving with the Mayor and Adoptable Dogs at Huntsville Botanical Garden

August 15, 2019 Click to view Get Moving with the Mayor and Adoptable Dogs at Huntsville Botanical Garden

Mayor Tommy Battle and Healthy Huntsville invite the public to join them on a free, one-mile walk through the Huntsville Botanical Garden with their leashed dog or an adoptable one from Huntsville Animal Services. The walk will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 6 p.m. in the Garden. “I enjoy Healthy Huntsville events with our City departments, and Huntsville Animal Services is one of our leaders in promoting walking as [ more ]

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National “Clear the Shelters” Week at Huntsville Animal Services

August 11, 2019 Click to view National ?Clear the Shelters? Week at Huntsville Animal Services

Huntsville Animal Services is participating in the 2019 “Clear the Shelters” event, a weeklong free adoption special for felines and canines at Animal Services starting Monday, August 12, through Saturday, August 17.  The goal is to find forever homes for Shelter pets at no charge. Restrictions may apply to specific pets. “Clear the Shelters” is a nationwide campaign to raise awareness that more than two million animals are euthanized across the country each year due to overcrowded shelters, according to the [ more ]

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Back-to-School Pet Adoption Special

August 4, 2019 Click to view Back-to-School Pet Adoption Special

Huntsville Animal Services is offering a special Back-To-School $10 adoption fee for cats and dogs at the Shelter.  Families are invited to stop by for a visit, play with our adorable animals, and adopt a pet. The special is only for six days, Monday, August 5, through Saturday, August 10. The dogs, cats and kittens at the shelter are waiting patiently to be adopted into a happy family.  The adoption fee includes spay or neuter surgery, rabies [ more ]

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It’s Dog Week at Huntsville Animal Services

July 22, 2019 Click to view It?s Dog Week at Huntsville Animal Services

Huntsville Animal Services invites everyone to visit the local Shelter during Dog Week and get acquainted with the many sweet dogs up for adoption.  All dogs, 40 pounds or more, are only $5 starting Monday, July 22, through Saturday, August 3. All adoptions include a microchip for pet identification, the spay or neuter surgery, deworming for parasites, vaccinations, and city license. Help save a shelter dog’s life, visit the Shelter and [ more ]

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FREE ADOPTIONS: It’s A ‘Mane’ Attraction At Huntsville Animal Services

July 3, 2019 Click to view FREE ADOPTIONS: It?s A ?Mane? Attraction At Huntsville Animal Services

The City of Huntsville’s Animal Services Department invites you to meet our ‘Mane’ attractions at the shelter. Just like the lions in the wild, the overwhelming number of dogs and cats at the shelter are showing off their furry manes. Let our adult canines and felines ‘sweep you off your feet’ from Wednesday, July 3, through Saturday, July 20, and adopt for free. You can help save a shelter pet’s life! The [ more ]

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Let Freedom Ring! Independence Day Pet Adoption Special

July 1, 2019 Click to view Let Freedom Ring! Independence Day Pet Adoption Special

Huntsville Animal Services has set aside the whole week to celebrate the Fourth of July with FREE adoptions on adult cats and only $10 for kittens. The dogs and cats need freedom from the Shelter environment and to be in a home by the Fourth of July.  Help free these precious pets to a good home by adopting a cat or kitten. Don’t forget to keep pets inside during the fireworks celebration.  Loud noises frighten animals and they will run [ more ]

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Get out of Jail Free by playing Petnopoly at Animal Services 

June 16, 2019 Click to view Get out of Jail Free by playing Petnopoly at Animal Services 

Huntsville Animal Services is pulling out a new board game for future pet owners to play “Petnopoly” at the Shelter from June 17 through June 29.  Dogs and cats who have been at the Shelter 14 days or more are eligible for a “Get Out of Jail Free” card. This means Petnopoly players may take home a forever friend for free – so everyone comes out a winner! Dogs and cats who have been housed in the Shelter for more than a few weeks experience [ more ]

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