Thanks for your inquiry. There is an adoption fee, which helps us continue to care for around 10,000 pets in need each year. Often, animals come to us in need of medical care and/or training, which can add up along with regular day-to-day care of every animal in our shelter. Like many pet parents know, even one vet visit can be expensive. And at our shelter, we have to multiply that by around 10,000. The adoption fees help us offset those costs and in addition, every pet that is adopted from our shelter has received a wellness examination, a spay/neuter surgery, a microchip with national registration, their initial vaccines, and possibly even further medical care and/or training. Plus, the adopter will receive pet care counseling. You can view all of our adoptable dogs on our website at: www.thehumanesociety.org/adopt/adoptable-dogs
No free dogs at the shelter, but the costs help the shelter to care for other animals, too. So think about the fees like you're paying it forward for other animals!
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