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Animal Shelter adoption fee reduced for Valentine’s Special this week

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Valentino at Oak Ridge Animal Shelter

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To celebrate Valentine’s Day, all dogs and cats at the Oak Ridge Animal Shelter will be available for the adoption price of $55. This special Valentine’s fee is in effect Tuesday, Feb. 11, through Saturday, Feb. 15.

Come meet your perfect match and be ready to fall in love! We have many beautiful, loving animals that need a home.

The normal adoption fee is $110. The Valentine’s special price of $55 includes a veterinarian physical wellness check, spay/neuter, vaccinate, rabies shot, microchip, tattoo, flea/tick treatment, and nail trim. [Read more…]

Oak Ridge Animal Shelter lowers adoption fee to install air conditioning

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Puppies at Oak Ridge Animal Shelter

The Oak Ridge Animal Shelter has temporarily reduced its adoption fee from $110 to $45 so air conditioning units and new insulation can be installed. Puppies are pictured above in the front kennel area of the animal shelter.

The Oak Ridge Animal Shelter has temporarily cut its adoption fee by more than 50 percent—from $110 to $45—so air-conditioning units and new insulation can be installed in a rear kennel area.

“We can’t have the animals in here when we re-apply the insulation,” said Julie Armes, Oak Ridge Animal Shelter supervisor.

The rear kennel area has 40 dog runs, but it has never had air-conditioning. Temperatures there can exceed 90 degrees. Although the shelter hasn’t had any heat fatalities, Armes said the heat is hard on cats and short-nosed dogs, such as pugs.

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