Pima County-Wide Pet Adoption Event Set for Friday And Saturday

PIMA COUNTY, AZ — If you're looking for a new furry friend to add to your family, this weekend is the time to find your perfect match. Pima Animal Care Center has teamed up with local shelters and rescues to host an adoption event across Pima County on Friday and Saturday.

Local rescues and shelters, including the care center, have had to take in abnormally large numbers of pets for around a year now, according to a news release.

“On any given day, PACC has around 600 pets at the shelter, along with 1,200 in foster care,” Monica Dangler, director of animal services at Pima Animal Care Center, said in the release. “Plus, the shelter takes in anywhere from 50 to 100 pets every day. This doesn’t even include the number of people who are rehoming their pets. Pima County is full of pets that need homes.”

Dangler hopes that the event will bring awareness to just how many pets in Pima County are in need of loving homes. The goal of the event is to find homes for at least 400 pets.

To meet your potential new best friend, you can stop by any of the following locations at the dates and times listed:

• 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Friday and Saturday, at The Animal League of Green Valley, 1600 W. Duval Mine Road, Green Valley
• 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday and Saturday, at Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter and Sanctuary, 5278 E. 21st St.
• Noon-7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, at Humane Society of Southern Arizona, 635 W. Roger Road.
• 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, at Southern Arizona Cat Rescue, 4374 N. Oracle Road.
• 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday and Saturday, at Pima Animal Care Center, 4000 N. Silverbell Road.

At the care center, there will be no adoption fees for any pets, but fees will vary at the other locations. A $20 licensing fee may apply to dogs adopted from the care center.

For the first time since 2020, this weekend The Hermitage plans to offer same-day adoptions, with no appointments necessary.

"The Hermitage hopes that opening up the shelter will help open some hearts and get some feline friends adopted," the care center said in the news release.

Summer is always the busiest season for shelters and rescues in southern Arizona, mostly because pets breed in warmer weather and tend to escape when their families are gone on summer vacation.