MEDIA
CONTACT:
Ria Brown, Public Information
Specialist
Lee
County Animal Services
(239) 432-2090 Ext. 241
GIVE
YOUR PET THE GIFT OF LOVE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!
Lee County Animal Services Offers Low-cost Vaccination & Microchip ID Clinic
Fort
Myers, Florida, 11/6/02 – As part of its Annual Home 4 The Holidays Adoption
Campaign, Lee County Animal Services will offer a Low-cost Vaccination and
Microchip ID Clinic. The clinic
will be held on November 23, 2002 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the shelter, 5600
Banner Drive, off Six Mile Cypress Parkway.
Vaccinations to protect health and permanent identification to ensure a
safe return home are the perfect way for pet owners to give their pets a gift of
love this holiday season.
All
vaccinations at the clinic will be $5.00 each.
Pet owners will be required to
purchase a nationally registered Microchip ID for $10.00 in order to qualify for
the low-cost vaccinations unless the pet already has a Microchip ID.
Microchip IDs, small computer chips implanted under the animal’s skin,
are regularly $25.00. Animal
Services hopes this special offer will encourage pet owners to provide the extra
protection a Microchip ID offers since it cannot be lost or removed like a
license or other tags. While vaccination are available only at the clinic,
Microchip IDs will be available for just $10.00 from November 12 through January
5, the official Home 4 The Holidays period.
Home 4 The Holidays is an
eight week campaign to unite orphaned pets with loving adoptive families and to
make sure these pets spend every holiday at home!
Many other special events are planned in addition to the Low-cost
Vaccination and Microchip ID Clinic. For
more information about Microchip IDs, vaccinations, adoptions or additional Home
4 The Holidays events, call (239) 432-2083 or visit Animal Services web site at
www.LeeLostPets.com.