Multnomah County Animal Services (MCAS) asks the community to help send every pet home for the holidays by spreading the word about the Days of December Adoption Special. For the fourth year in a row, adoption fees equal the day of the month for all pets six months and older, from December 1 through the 31. This means that adopters can adopt a dog or a cat for $3 on December 3, or for $8 on December 8 and so forth. The adoption does not include the cost of licensing for Multnomah County residents, due at the time of adoption. All applicants will go through the regular adoption process to make sure homes and animals are well matched to each other.
WHAT: Adoption fees equal the day of the month for all animals six months and older, from December 1 through 31. License fees apply.
WHO: Multnomah County Animal Services.
WHERE: The shelter is located at 1700 Columbia River Hwy, Troutdale, OR 97060.
WHEN: From December 1 through the 31. The shelter is open from noon - 7 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, and 11 am until 4:30 pm on Saturday and Sunday. The shelter is closed on Wednesdays. There will be several holiday closures where the promotional adoption fee will be unavailable. Multnomah County Animal Services will close at 2 pm on Saturday, December 24, and on Saturday, December 31, and will be CLOSED on Sunday, December 25 and Monday, December 26.
WHY: To send adoptable pets home for the holidays.
Are pets valued less when adoption fees are lowered or waived?
Multnomah County Animal Services is committed to finding good homes for the animals in our care, and recent studies endorsed by the ASPCA confirm that dramatically reducing adoption fees doesn't affect the love or longevity of an adopter’s relationship with their adopted pets.
Can pets be adopted as gifts?
ASPCA research by Dr. Emily Weiss recently found there is no correlation between getting an animal as a gift and an owner's love and attachment to the pet – even if that pet was a surprise gift – and no increased risk of relinquishment for dogs and cats received as gifts.
About Multnomah County Animal Services (MCAS): Multnomah County Animal Services cares for approximately 6,000 animals each year, 100 percent of which are from the local community. As the only open admission shelter in Portland, Multnomah County Animal Services is a national leader with record-high save rates. In order to sustain our success in saving the lives of local animals, Animal Services relies on the Portland community to adopt, foster, volunteer, license their pets, and donate.