The Animal Foundation will open its doors Monday, a day it is normally closed, for a special adoption event as Las Vegas shelters continue to manage the holiday surge in lost and surrendered pets.
The Y2K Adoption Event runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 6, with adoption fees waived for all shelter animals.
The one-day opening follows a weekend adoption push that placed 160 animals in homes over two days, reports Fox5 Las Vegas.
Communications manager Kelsey Pizzi said the shelter is working to create space ahead of an expected wave of fireworks-related intake.
Last year, 549 animals came into the shelter between July 1 and July 10, and only about 18 percent were returned to their owners.
The Animal Foundation is already asking Las Vegas dog owners to foster shelter dogs through July 5 and has waived pet reclaim fees through July 10 to help reunite lost dogs with their families.
Separately, Clark County has settled on a preferred site for the second public animal shelter it has been planning.
Commissioner Michael Naft, chair of the Clark County Commission, said a county-owned parcel near Jones Boulevard and Post Road in the southwest valley is now the leading choice for the project, which the county is calling the Animal Resource Center.
The $40 million project was funded by the Board of County Commissioners in February and is moving through the land-use process now.
Naft said it should reach the entitlement stage within the next few months, with construction to begin as soon as possible after that.
The Animal Resource Center is a separate effort from the $39 million supplemental shelter already in design near Tropicana Avenue and the 215 Beltway, which is expected to open in 2028.
It also replaces the county’s earlier idea of a temporary pop-up shelter at the former Sam Boyd Stadium site, a plan county officials scrapped this week over cost and animal welfare concerns.
Naft said the county still has the ability to stand up an emergency pop-up shelter if needed, but will not maintain a dedicated space for one going forward.
He said the goal behind the new southwest valley site is to save money while keeping lost pets closer to the neighborhoods where they live.
Dog owners who find a lost animal are encouraged to walk it through the neighborhood first to see if someone recognizes it before bringing it to a shelter.
Owners can also register a missing pet at lost.petcolove.org or search the Animal Foundation’s online lost and found database.
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