La Quinta 宠物领养活动11月7日至8日举行：领养费全免，含绝育、疫苗与芯片
河滨县动物服务局11月3日发布：该局将参加非营利机构 Petco Love 的全国宠物领养周末活动，11月7日与8日上午10时至下午2时，在加州河滨县 La Quinta 市的 Petco 门店（78720 CA-111, La Quinta, CA 92253）带可领养宠物与居民见面，邀请社区居民把宠物领养回家。
活动期间领养费全免，每例领养均包括绝育手术、适龄疫苗接种、芯片植入与一块刻名牌。这次全国领养活动由 Petco Love 与华纳兄弟动画合作，借新上映的动画电影《The Cat in the Hat》（11月6日上映）推广领养，鼓励人们从本地收容所与救助机构领养宠物。
河滨县动物服务局局长 Mary Martin 说：「这是一个认识这些可爱宠物的好机会，每一只都值得拥有一个充满爱的家。我们鼓励社区居民通过领养新伙伴，把快乐带回家。」Petco Love 总裁 Chelsea Staley 表示，领养宠物能给生活带来同样的欢乐与可能，宠物会用爱、笑声与意想不到的幸福时刻填满家庭。
据介绍，Petco Love 自1999年以来已与 Petco 及全美4,000多家动物福利伙伴机构合作，帮助超过720万只宠物找到新家，并在领养与其他救生工作上投入超过4.42亿美元。河滨县动物服务局在全县设有四处场所，每年收容超过35,000只动物，是全美规模最大的收容系统之一，提供领养、走失宠物团聚、宠物支持服务与公共安全项目。
（来源：河滨县动物服务局）
Pet Adoption Event in La Quinta November 7-8: Fees Waived, Including Spay/Neuter, Vaccines and Microchip
The Riverside County Department of Animal Services said on November 3 that it will take part in nonprofit Petco Love's national pet adoption weekend, bringing adoptable pets to the Petco store in La Quinta, Riverside County, California (78720 CA-111, La Quinta, CA 92253), on November 7 and 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and inviting community members to meet pets looking for loving homes.
All adoption fees are waived during the event, and every adoption includes spay/neuter surgery, age-appropriate vaccinations, a microchip and an engraved name tag. The national campaign, run by Petco Love in partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and featuring characters from the new animated film The Cat in the Hat (in theaters November 6), encourages people to adopt from local shelters and rescues.
"This is a wonderful opportunity to meet amazing pets, each deserving of a loving place to call home," said RCDAS Director Mary Martin. "We encourage the community to jump into joy by adopting your new best friend." Petco Love President Chelsea Staley said adopting a pet brings joy and possibility into daily life, filling homes with love, laughter, and moments of happiness.
Petco Love has helped find loving homes for more than 7.2 million pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 animal welfare partner organizations nationwide, and has invested more than $442 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts since 1999. The Riverside County Department of Animal Services shelters more than 35,000 animals annually across four locations, making it one of the largest sheltering systems in the country, and provides adoption, lost pet reunification, pet support services, and public safety programs.
(Source: Riverside County Department of Animal Services)
来源：河滨县动物服务局
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图片来源：图：宠物领养活动现场，一名男子与待领养的斗牛犬亲近。美国海军陆战队摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A man greets an adoptable bulldog at a pet adoption event. Photo by the U.S. Marine Corps, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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