The staff at Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter understand what an important decision it is to add a new pet to your family. Your lifestyle, pet ownership experience, kids and current pets, are all things to take into consideration when adding a new furry family member. Few people have time to do as much research on …
Tag Archive: Kentucky
Oct
02
Pet adoption center to open at PetSmart store in Lexington – Kentucky.com
PetSmart Charities and the Lexington Humane Society will unveil a new pet adoption center at 10 a.m. Saturday in the PetSmart store at 1945 Pavilion Way. For the past year, the Humane Society has had a small space in a corner of the store where animals could be adopted. This will be the seventh, free-standing …
Jul
06
Special dog adoption rate at Metro Animal Services – FOX41.com Louisville
Metro Animal Services is offering a special rate for adopting dogs on Tuesday, even has it copes with animals that contracted distemper. One dog at MAS’s Manslick Road facility died last week, and two others contracted the disease. MAS says it has “thoroughly” cleaned its facility and that no other animals have come down with …
Jun
04
Pet adoption fee waived in June – Courier-Journal
Metro Animal Services received more than 7,000 cats and kittens in 2010. Although the campaign is intended to promote cat adoption, the local shelter also is offering an adoption special on dogs this month. The adoption fees for all dogs 6 months of older …
Jun
03
Humane Society Waives Cat Adoption Fees – WLKY Louisville
June is Adopt-A-Shelter Cat month and the Kentucky Humane Society is helping people find their purr-fect match. KHS will waive the adoption fee on any cat 1-year or older with the donation of a much-needed item such as bleach, cat litter, pet toys and multi-packs of paper towels. Cats are available at all nine area …
May
02
Dog-adoption program changes lives behind bars, in community – The Courier-Journal
His arms covered with faded tattoos, his neck tomato red from the prison yard sun, Robert Butterfield’s home is cell No. 226 of the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in La Grange, where he’s doing 13 years for robbery and stealing drugs. Nine-year-old Celia Dutton lives in Floyds Knobs, Ind., with her parents and two brothers, …
Apr
02
Louisville shelter, Kentucky Humane Society pledge cooperation on pet adoption
Louisville shelter, Kentucky Humane Society pledge cooperation on pet adoption Louisville Courier-Journal To help increase the number of pet adoptions, Mayor Greg Fischer announced Wednesday that Metro Animal Services will begin consulting with the Kentucky Humane Society on ideas for improvement. Beginning Friday, the society will work with the city in an … and more
Jan
27
Kentucky veterans going to the dogs (and cats) with program to boost second chance pet adoption
Pets for Patriots, Inc., a not-for-profit that connects shelter pets with U.S. veterans, wounded warriors and service members, is joining forces with the Kentucky Humane Society to increase the adoption of adult and other at-risk shelter animals. Jefferson Animal Hospital East will offer discounted veterinary care to dogs and cats adopted through the Pets for …
Dec
12
Long-delayed pet-adoption center opens on Newburg Road, Louisville, KY
Although nearly a year overdue because of construction problems, a new $2.6 million pet-adoption center near Newburg was hailed Friday as marking a new day in the promotion and protection of animals in Jefferson County. The new center at 3516 Newburg Road, just a minute or two off the Watterson Expressway, will provide suitable space …
Sep
16
Louisville Zoo to hold pet adoption even
The Louisville Zoo is partnering with the Kentucky Humane Society and Louisville Metro Animal Services to hold a pet adoption event at the zoo on Saturday, Sept. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Representatives from the Humane Society and Animal Services will be on hand with pets that can be adopted on the spot. …
