Pay It Forward is paying off for Metro Animal Services and its shelter pets. Hundreds of cats and dogs have been adopted into loving homes for Free since the program began! Pay It Forward relies on donations which allows MAS to waive adoption fees for certain cats and dogs. Below explains how the program works.

Sometimes happy endings aren't so close to home for homeless pets who come through the LMAS shelter.

$10 vaccines offered Sept. 7, 4-7pm, in Portland neighborhood

Louisville Metro Animal Services (LMAS) and the Kentucky Humane Society (KHS) are teaming up to offer local dog owners $10 vaccines against canine influenza, or dog flu, on Thursday, Sept. 7, from 4-7 p.m. at My Dog Eats First headquarters, 2509 Portland Avenue in Louisville.

As people make preparations for Fourth of July celebrations, Louisville Metro Animal Services asks that you keep your pets in mind. Each year, pets across the country find their way into shelters during this festive time. While many look forward to the traditional celebratory sights and sounds of fireworks glowing and booming across the sky, this can be a scary experience for pets.

As the weather begins to grow warmer and the days, longer, female cats go into their heat cycle. The spring and summer months not only produce warmer temperatures, but hundreds upon hundreds of kittens across communities.

Several hundred of those kittens end up at Louisville Metro Animal Services. Caring for them requires a lot of attention and resources. Neonatal kittens need to be bottle fed every two hours. Sick kittens require around-the-clock care.

A $10 adoptions special will begin Tuesday, Dec. 27 and run through Saturday, Jan. 1. Stop by the Animal House Adoption Center (3516 Newburg Rd.) to take advantage of this deal, which was made possible through sponsorship by the Best Friends Animal Society. The goal is to get pets home for the holidays. Help us make that happen and adopt today! The normal adoption fee is $135-$150 for dogs and $50-$75 for cats.

Thanks to a donation from the Bluegrass Boxer Club, Inc., LMAS will be waiving adoption fees for 25 adopters.