LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lake County Animal Care and Control this week will offer special discounted adoption rates as part of its latest adoption event.
This latest event continues through Saturday.
With a $20 price reduction for cats – through the waiving of the county adoption fee – Animal Care and Control Director Bill Davidson said the cost for adopting cats will be $76 for males and $86 for females.
Davidson said the total adoption cost for cats covers spaying or neutering surgery, microchip, vaccines and a health exam.
The total for dogs will be reduced by $30, with males under 60 pounds costing $121 and $136 for larger dogs, while female dogs under 60 pounds will cost $131 and dogs above that weight will be $146, Davidson said.
For dogs, the cost includes a health exam, spaying or neutering surgery – which can be more expensive for female dogs depending on weight – as well as a microchip, vaccine (includes rabies), license and a heartworm test, if applicable, according to Davidson.
Davidson said the many services that prepare the animals for adoption offers a great “bang for the buck” for adopting families.
Animal Care and Control began holding the events in 2012, after the Board of Supervisors adopted new policy rules to allow for a waiving of the county adoption fee up to four times a year, as Lake County News has reported.
The events have been part of Davidson's overall strategy – along with opening an on-site vet clinic and rolling out a community cat program – to reduce the county's high euthanasia rate, especially in cats.
Davidson's efforts appear to be working. Based on the most recent numbers, the county has had a 44-percent drop in cat euthanasia over the last three years, which helped end Lake County's dubious distinction of having the state's highest cat euthanasia rate.
Visit Lake County Animal Care and Control online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control.htm , call 707-263-0278 or drop by the shelter at 4949 Helbush Drive in Lakeport during kennel hours, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
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Lake County Animal Care and Control hosts weeklong adoption event
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