Los Angeles Animal Services joins 23 organizations across the country on Thursday in the Open Arms Challenge, which aims to increase new approaches to foster inclusion and increase pet adoptions.
“We are excited to participate in the Open Arms Challenge as we are always looking for new opportunities to become more involved with the diverse communities that call Los Angeles home,” said Annette Ramirez, Acting General Manager of LA Animal Services. “As part of the challenge, we are creating messages that encourage parenting and pet adoption translated into the top 10 languages spoken in the city.”
Dogs and cats adopted from one of the city’s six animal shelters will already be neutered or neutered, vaccinated, licensed and microchipped.
Additionally, adoptions through LA Animal Services will receive a VCA Healthy Start certificate, which provides up to $250 of follow-up veterinary care within the first 14 days of adoption.
Animal Services will also reduce adoption fees on the following weekends:
- Saturday and Sunday: Woofies and Meow-Meows: The Paula Kent Meehan Foundation will offer reduced adoption of $50 for dogs and waive adoption fees for cats and kittens.
- April 15-16: Spring Fling Adoption Weekend: Los Angeles Animal Services will offer reduced adoption fees for dogs of $51; puppies $75 (excluding license fees); cats $12.50; and kittens $25.
- April 29-30: National Pet Adoption Day weekend at the shelter: Los Angeles Animal Services will offer reduced adoption fees for dogs of $51; puppies $75 (excluding license fees); cats $12.50; and kittens $25.
To see animals in need of fostering or adoption, visit the page here.