In an unprecedented collaborative effort to find homes for shelter pets, the Sacramento SPCA, Sacramento County Shelter, Sacramento City Shelter and Happy Tails will be joining forces in a mega adoption event! Hoping to adopt out at least 200 animals, the area shelters will hold a Certified Pre-Owned Pets Adoption Event.  This two day mega adoption extravaganza will offer amazing adoptable animals for only $39.99 and will include a multi-point inspection, standard four-paw drive, a spay or neuter and much, much, more.  Everything must go! Liquidation sale! Bargain prices for ever lasting companionship! Specials start on Saturday, March 31, 2012 and end on Sunday, April 1, 2012.  Hurry, don

Sacramento City Shelter offers customers a chance to roll the dice for pet adoption pricing! Starting Wednesday, March 14, 2012 through Sunday, March 18, 2012, area adopters will get a chance to roll the lucky dice to determine adoption pricing. In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, the city shelter on Front Street is hoping to pass along the luck of the Irish to its customers. In yet another effort to promote shelter pet adoption, thus reducing the number of animals that are euthanized unnecessarily, the Sacramento City Shelter once again reaches out to its community for support. Offering periodic specials can dramatically improve adoption rates, while offering our customers a pet that

Beginning Wednesday, November 9th through Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011, the City of Sacramento’s Animal Shelter is giving back to the community. All adoptions will be honored for donations only. The charitable support of our customers makes staying in the sheltering business possible. Relying heavily on volunteers and generous donors helps keep the shelter doors open. We thought it appropriate to find a way to say “thank you”. All animals adopted from the city shelter will be spayed or neutered, micro-chipped, licensed and vaccinated. A complimentary ID tag is available with each adoption. Find the love of your life, for free. A simple donation is all it takes! The City's Animal Shelte

It’s Hooooowlloween and time for fun for the whole family! Come to the City of Sacramento Animal Shelter this Sunday, October 30th from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. for trick or treating, haunted house, music, chickens, rabbits, face painting, clowns, special prizes and surprises for kids and grownups alike. The open house is free of charge and guaranteed to please the whole family. Costumes and 4 legged friends are welcome! A great opportunity to visit with shelter pets and maybe even find the love of your life. Bring a donation of dog or cat food for the Sacramento Pet Food Bank and get two free tickets to the prize drawing. The city shelter is located at 2127 Front Street (north of Broadway,

Saturday - October 29, 2011 • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm 24th & K (next to Golden Bear) Midtown, Sacramento The 2nd Annual Midtown Pooch Parade is quickly approaching! In a partnership to benefit the City of Sacramento’s Animal Shelter, the Midtown Business Association is hosting this fun and exciting event to support our local furry friends. Pooches of all shapes and sizes will be competing in their Halloween best, all hoping to win one if the 8 coveted Pooch Parade Awards. An actual parade on the streets of midtown will culminate at 24th & K Street for Yappy Hour and formal judging. While participants are noshing on biscuits, their human friends can enjoy a variety of vendor booths, dedicated t