Animal Services

Your generous donation to the Miami-Dade County Animal Services Trust Fund provides toys, beds and other comforts to our shelter pets, as well as subsidizes spay/neuter programs for the community pets.  

Subsidized Spay/Neuter surgeries temporarily suspended

Subsidized Spay/Neuter surgeries for dogs have been temporarily suspended for Thursday 02/02 and Friday 02/03.

The Southeast Florida Region Spay/Neuter Coalition

In an effort to help reduce the pet overpopulation problem in the Southeast Florida region, six animal shelters have joined forces and formed the Southeast Florida Region Spay/Neuter Coalition. The Coalition’s first project is called “Beat the Heat Spay/Neuter Week” and will take place February 21 – 25. This spay/neuter event is for felines eight weeks of age or older who are free-roaming, feral or lucky enough to have a home. The goal of the group is to collectively sterilize 1,650 cats during this time frame. The cost will be just $15 per cat and include rabies vaccination, FVRCP and a microchip.

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Amazing Pet Portraits Attract Local and Long-Distance Adopters to Miami-Dade’s Animal Services

The Miami-Dade Animal Services Department has seen an increase in interest in pet adoptions, since volunteer photographer, Walter Chacón of Pawprints Miami, began taking pet portraits of shelter pets. 

 
For more information on how to adopt a pet, visit Miami-Dade Animals or call 311.  To schedule a pet portrait with Mr. Chacón, visit Paw Prints Miami. 

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Free Dog Training Classes Offered at Animal Services Department

Thanks to the support and commitment of Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez, the Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department (ASD) in coordination with the South Florida Dog Trainer's Networking Group will be providing free dog training classes at the ASD. This service will be provided once a month.

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Animal Services Kicks off New Dog Transfer Program

The Animal Services Department (ASD) is proud to kick-off a new Dog Transfer Program. The goal of the program is to save more pets' lives by transferring them to no-kill shelters outside of the area. With the help of Pawsitive 4 Life, a rescue group that fundraises for the rescue of pets from ASD, ASD hopes to continuously expand the Transfer Program to eventually include the transfer of hundreds of pets per month.

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FREE cat spay/neuters

FREE spay/neuter surgery with vaccines for cats in West Perrine, South Miami Heights and zip codes 33170 and 33032.  The purpose of this program is to humanely control the population of cats in a targeted area. Therefore, only cats in these areas are eligible for this program and no other services are available under this grant from PetSmart Charities®.

Miami Meow Mobile

The Cat Network's "Miami Meow Mobile" is coming to your neighborhood this spring offering low cost spay and neuter surgeries for cats.

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