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Burlington Animal Services is coping with an overabundance of kittens by offering them for adoption $10 through Saturday, Nov. 21. The kittens are less than a year old.
The shelter also plans a Home for the Holidays special Nov. 21–Dec. 31, when adoption fees for dogs and cats will be $25.
Adoptions include spaying/neutering, basic shots, a one-year rabies vaccination, heartworm testing and 30 days free pet insurance. Make an appointment to visit pets at www.burlingtontonnc.gov/pets. For more information, call 336-578-0343 or visit ClearTheShelters.com. View BAS’ adoptable pets at www.burlingtonNC.gov/pets.
Shelter animals had 96 percent “positive outcomes” for October, BAS reported Monday, Nov. 16. Some 484 animals (349 cats and 135 dogs) departed BAS in October:
• 80 percent (298 cats and 88 dogs) were adopted;
• 7 percent (32 dogs and three cats) were returned to their owners;
• 9 percent (32 cats and 10 dogs) were transferred to rescues;
• 3 percent (three dogs) were euthanized; and
• 2 percent (10 cats) died of natural causes.
Reasons for the eight shelter euthanasias were six medical and two behavioral.
BAS took in 504 animals. Of those:
• 417 (326 cats and 91 dogs) were strays;
• 60 (33 dogs and 27 cats) were turned in by their owners;
• One (a dog) was turned in to be euthanized;
• Eight (all dogs) were returned adoptions; and
• 18 (16 dogs and two cats) were confiscated.
The animals came from:
• Alamance County: 50 percent;
• Burlington: 36 percent;
• Graham: 6 percent;
• Mebane: 4 percent;
• Swepsonville: 2 percent;
• Out of county: 2 percent; and
• Green Level: 1 percent.
This article originally appeared on Times-News: Burlington Animal Services seeks homes for kittens
