Minneapolis Animal Care and Control (MACC), the city-run animal shelter in Minneapolis, is waiving and lowering pet adoption fees while aiming to keep space at the shelter, which is at maximum capacity.
This month, the MACC announced that Minneapolis residents will pay $0 in adoption fees when adopting a dog over six months old or a cat. For non-residents, dog adoption fees were lowered from $250 to $100 and cat adoption fees were lowered from $100 to $25.
The adoption fee for a puppy under six months of age is $250 for both residents and non-residents. Small animal adoption fees are $10 regardless of residence.
Adopters still have to pay any fees to get a city license for their pet.
“We need adoptions to happen so we can help other animals who need us now,” said MACC shelter supervisor Danielle Joerger in a statement on the shelter’s website. “With the fullness and the reduced adoption fee, we hope people will come to find their new pets.”
MACC’s website did not say how long the reduced fees would be implemented.
Adoptable animals can be found on the city’s website here. MACC’s adoption hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 pm to 5 pm, and Thursday from 1 pm to 7 pm, according to its website.
