Animal Services Fee Waivers
RIVERSIDE (CNS) – To reduce the ongoing strain on shelters, the Riverside County Department of Animal Services announced Wednesday that fee waivers on pet adoptions will continue countywide.
A moratorium on adoption fees was implemented last fall and has remained in effect as the county’s four shelters continue to operate over capacity.
Officials have initiated other strategies to free up space, sending out requests for nonprofit organizations to transport the county’s impounded canines and felines to other places across the country for adoption campaigns. On Tuesday, Wings of Rescue flew 24 dogs and a cat previously in local shelters to Seattle, Washington, for placement in the City Animal Shelter…