Healthy,
friendly animals are offered for adoption to good homes. Adoption
fees, which include the cost of having the pet spayed or neutered,
range from $25 for male cats to $45 for female dogs. All pets adopted
from the LMHS Shelter are required to be spayed or neutered as a condition
of their being adopted. Local veterinarians work closely with us to
provide this discounted spay/neuter surgery to all pets adopted from
LMHS.
Services
Provided to the Community by LMHS
Shelter policy states that no animal will be turned away...although
on rare occasions when the shelter is overflowing, we may ask a pet
owner who is turning in his own animal to wait a few days until there
is room.
The shelter does not pick up animals (This service is provided by
the City Animal Control Officer) but will accept any animal brought
to us. EXCEPTION: Animals that are under observation for suspected
rabies, however, cannot be housed at the shelter and must, by law,
be under the care of a licensed veterinarian.)
We are the official care facility for all animals picked up by the
City Animal Control Officer. Unofficially, we also serve as the shelter
for Tallapoosa County, as well as parts of Coosa & Elmore counties.
We serve as a clearing house for lost & found pets throughout
the area.
We
provide publicity and encourage public awareness of the problems of
pet overpopulation, give shelter tours to youth groups and others,
and work to educate pet owners about the importance of being RESPONSIBLE
PET OWNERS.
Kim
keeps the shelter clean and running smoothly. Kim schedules tours and
programs for visiting youth groups (Scouts, Camp Fire, etc.), and schedule
activities for the volunteers who come to help exercise, groom or just
provide a little extra TLC for our Shelter residents.