SPCA of Texas offering adoption special through July 21

From Staff Reports

The SPCA of Texas is offering its “Mutts, They’re Just Like Us” adoption special at its two Metroplex-area shelters through July 21.

All dogs that weigh 40 pounds or more will be available to adopt for only $20. To see all dogs available for adoption, visit spcafindapet.com.

The SPCA of Texas has two shelters: the Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center, 2400 Lone Star Drive in Dallas, and the Russell H. Perry Animal Care Center, 8411 Stacy Road in McKinney.

Hours at both facilities are noon to 6 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and noon to 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.

Regular adoption fees are $125 for puppies and kittens aged 0-6 months and $60 for adult dogs and cats 6 months old or older. That fee includes spay/neuter surgery, age-appropriate vaccinations, a heartworm test for dogs six months and older and a FIV/FeLV test for cats four months and older. It also includes an initial flea/tick preventative and heartworm preventative, a microchip, 30 days of PetHealth Insurance provided by PetPlan, a free 14-day wellness exam with VCA Animal Hospitals, a free year-long subscription to Activ4Pets, a rabies tag and a free leash.

Visit SPCAFindAPet.org to find the perfect pet to adopt, or see Dallas Voice’s Pet of the Week on Page 9 of this issue. Dallas Voice features a different adoptable pet from the SPCA of Texas each week.

The SPCA of Texas is the leading animal welfare organization in North Texas. Founded in 1938, it operates two shelters, three spay/neuter clinics, two mobile spay/neuter vehicles, one mobile adoptions vehicle and an animal rescue center — all located in Dallas and Collin Counties.

SPCA of Texas also maintains a team of animal cruelty investigators who respond to thousands of calls in North Texas counties, and the nonprofit agency serves as an active resource center for an array of services that bring people and animals together to enrich each other’s lives.

The SPCA of Texas is not affiliated with any other entity and does not receive general operating funds from the city of Dallas, the state of Texas, the federal government or any other national humane organization.

For more information, visit spca.org.