El Paso Animal Services, the El Paso Veterinary Medical Association (EPVMA) and local veterinarians are collaborating to bring love and light through pet adoption to 23 new families in honor of the 23 victims who were killed on August 3, 2019. Beginning August 7, all adoption fees will be waived and basic veterinary care will […]Read More
El Paso Parks & Recreation Department and El Paso Animal Services are collaborating to help keep pets in their home and out of the shelter. Beginning July 28, 2020, five City parks will now have the capability to assist residents who find a lost pet by scanning the animal for a microchip. Officials share that […]Read More
El Paso Animal Services has been selected as one of only 12 animal shelters to join the nationwide launch of the Human and Animal Support Services (HASS) pilot program, a new animal welfare organizational model that recognizes pets and people as family-units and aims to keep them together. HASS launched as a nationwide coalition with […]Read More
Humane Society of El Paso (HSEP) officials announced Rio Robertson as their Local Foster Hero, for stepping up and saving animal lives here in the Borderland. Ms. Robertson started fostering in 2011, and over the past 9 years, she has cared for nearly 120 animals. She has fostered several bottle feeding puppies and kittens. “She goes […]Read More
El Paso Animal Services is celebrating National Foster a Pet Month with the Petco Foundation and Skechers’ charity footwear collection, BOBS from Skechers, by recognizing Local Foster Hero Sandra Robles, for stepping up and saving lives in the borderland. “El Paso Animal Services has been blessed with amazing community partners who have stepped up time […]Read More
On Sunday, June 14, El Paso Animal Services and its community partners will be offering free vaccinations and microchips to hundreds of pets at the department’s second-ever Drive-Thru Vaccination/Microchip Clinic sponsored by PetSmart Charities. “This unique large-scale clinic aims at making it easy for owners to keep their pets healthy and safe,” officials shared. The […]Read More
A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in collaboration with Medterra CBD conducted the first scientific studies to assess the potential therapeutic effects of cannabidiol (CBD) for arthritic pain in dogs, and the results could lead the way to studying its effect in humans. Researchers focused first on these animals because their condition closely […]Read More
Beginning Thursday, May 28, El Paso shelter pets will be counting on social media and the web to help them find their new homes as part of Animal Services’ first-ever virtual adoption event, “Find Love Online.” Animal Services will also be highlighting many of their foster pets who are now up for adoption. Videos and […]Read More
The Covid-19 crisis has caused a strain on the food supply at most major stores, including pet food. Even online retailers, such as Chewy and Amazon, are informing customers that they may not be able to ship pet food orders until April 1 or later. The situation is much different at Pet’s Barn, the area’s […]Read More
El Paso Animal Services is rolling out a new education campaign this kitten season, all in an effort to save more lives and prevent potentially fatal “kit-nappings.” Kitnapping is when kittens are prematurely separated from their mother who is their main source of health. This often happens when residents find a litter of kittens and […]Read More
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