Brookhaven residents can adopt pets at no charge
“Hops” a one-year-old shepherd mix at Lifeline Animal Project, is a playful, fun pup who is house-trained and likes riding in cars. Brookhaven residents will soon be able to adopt dogs like Hops at no cost.
Brookhaven, GA, Aug 9, 2022 – Adding a dog or a cat to the family just got a little easier in the City of Brookhaven.
At its regular business meeting on Aug. 9, the Brookhaven City Council approved a memorandum of understanding with LifeLine Animal Project (LifeLine), which operates the DeKalb County Animal Shelter in one of Brookhaven’s suburbs.
The agreement is the first sponsorship of this magnitude with a municipality. In the agreement, LifeLine agrees to provide pets for adoption to Brookhaven residents at no charge, following LifeLine’s regular adoption application and contract requirements. The City of Brookhaven agrees to sponsor LifeLine’s regular adoption fees for adopted pets in Brookhaven.
Presently, the regular adoption fee for dogs is $85 and cats is $65, which covers the pet’s spay/neuter, vaccinations, microchip and other screenings. The sponsorship agreement eliminates those fees and goes into effect following a kick off event at LifeLine’s location at 3280 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, on Aug. 18 at 11 a.m. All Brookhaven residents are invited to attend.
“Brookhaven and LifeLine have a long history of collaboration to encourage and facilitate adoption of unwanted, stray, or abandoned animals,” said Mayor John Ernst. “We promote animal adoptions from LifeLine at the beginning of every single City Council meeting since I have been mayor.”
“Brookhaven is taking it up a notch, and it’s my hope that other local governments will step up to the plate and enact similar partnerships to promote adoptions of these deserving pets,” said LifeLine Animal Project CEO Rebecca Guinn.
The agreement with LifeLine is within the auspices of the Natural Environment framework of Sustainable Brookhaven, in preservation of natural resources, and encourages the public safety, health, and welfare of residents of the City.
“We will be announcing the details of the signing ceremony very soon and hope any Brookhaven residents who have been thinking about adopting a pet will come out and take advantage of this unique opportunity,” said Ernst.
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