City has dogs in need of good home

— A number of dogs, impounded at Gentry Animal Services are still in need of a good home.

Gentry Animal Services has a commitment to rescue, provide sanctuary and ultimately unite abandoned, stray and neglected dogs with a loving and well-suited home. Since the city has such a small shelter - only 10 kennels - homes are needed for the dogs as quickly as possible to avoid overcrowding.

Animal adoption fees are $70 if the city must spay or neuter the animal and $30 if the animal is already spayed or neutered. The fees also include the cost of implanting a micro-chip for animal identification.

City ordinance also requires those who adopt an animal, if they live within the city limits, to provide proof of rabies vaccination within seven days of taking possession of the animal.

Animal impoundment fees are $25, plus $5 per day for impoundment longer than five days. In addition, owners of impounded animals must pay a $10 fee for the implantation of a micro-chip to identify the animal andprovide, within seven days, proof of rabies vaccination.

City law also gives the city the right to put any unclaimed animal up for adoption after five days or to humanely destroy or dispose of the animal.

Animals impounded for more than five days will alsobe subject to the spay-neuter requirement before being released by the city.

A number of dogs are available for adoption now. To see the animals available, visit the city website, gentryonline.us, or call 736-8400. Some of the dogs have mug shots below:

News, Pages 13 on 11/07/2012