Muncie Animal Care and Services getting into spirit with '12 Strays of Christmas'

David Penticuff, Muncie Star Press
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MUNCIE, Ind. — Muncie Animal Care and Services is having its annual "12 Strays of Christmas" event, offering adoption of dogs and cats in need of a home for $12 each.

The adoption special will run through Dec. 23, said Ashley Honeycutt, office manager of the shelter. The usual price for adoptions is $100 for dogs and $65 for cats.

The shelter is "pretty full now," Honeycutt said. While the city shelter is looking to find homes for animals it discourages the purchase of pets as Christmas gifts for people outside the home of those acquiring the dog of cat.

Parents can get a pet for their child who still lives at home, she said.

Every year, Honeycutt said, the shelter receives animals in January that have been given to someone as a Christmas gift but the person is not able to care for the pet.

Muncie Animal Care and Services has reached capacity and is asking the community to adopt and foster its animals.
Muncie Animal Care and Services has reached capacity and is asking the community to adopt and foster its animals.

All cat/kitten/dog adoptions are $12 now through Dec. 23. The shelter will continue to waive adoption fees for active duty military, veterans, senior citizens and first responders. Also, Honeycutt said, any animal that is age 6 or older that has been at the shelter longer than six months will have a waived adoption fee.

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The shelter can only accept cash or checks. The agency has no credit/debit card machine.

All animals spayed/neutered and vaccinated

"All of our animals are spayed/neutered, have had all age-appropriate vaccines and testing, as well as a complimentary wellness exam with a participating veterinarian," she said.

In the past the 12 Strays of Christmas was conducted in a 24-hour period. The annual event was not held last year because the the pandemic. This year officials at the shelter decided to provide the discount over the weeks leading up to Christmas.

Adoptable pets can be viewed on www.Petfinder.com., or in person at the shelter, Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon or Saturdays noon-4 p.m. The shelter is located at 901 W. Riggin Road.

David Penticuff is the local government reporter at the Star Press. Contact him at dpenticuff@gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on Muncie Star Press: 12 Strays of Christmas returns with lower adoption cost until Dec. 23