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Bring a furry friend home for the holidays

Austin Pets Alive! and Austin Animal Center are teaming up to get pets home before the New Year

A woman holding a little brown and white puppy.

All pets are included in December’s promotion.

Photo courtesy of Austin Pets Alive!

There’s no place like a warm and fuzzy home for the holidays.

Austin Pets Alive! and Austin Animal Center have reduced adoption fees to $31 for the entire month of December, so if you’ve been wanting to add a little fluff to your home, it’s the perfect time to give yourself a gift.

The deal includes dogs, puppies, cats, and kittenswe’d like to introduce you to a few of them.

Dogs 🐶

  • Kit and Kat | These one-month old black lab mixes were rescued with their mom, 2-year-old Lindsey, who is recovering from a gunshot wound and also up for adoption.
  • Soba | This puppy loves to nap on the couch and is the ideal age to begin training.

Cats 🐱

  • Evil Meowpac | The attention-loving Evil Meowpac, named after the popular Twitter account, is 1 year old and lives with Feline leukemia virus.
  • Periwinkle | This talkative tabby kitten’s meow sounds like a tiny squeak.

Click here to see a list of all available animals at APA!

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