{"id":127204,"date":"2025-01-27T13:21:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T18:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=127204"},"modified":"2025-11-08T10:03:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T15:03:41","slug":"fee-waived-small-animals-at-fort-wayne-animal-care-and-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/01\/27\/fee-waived-small-animals-at-fort-wayne-animal-care-and-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Fee-Waived Small Animals at Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FWACC_banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"135\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-121347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FWACC_banner.jpg 374w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FWACC_banner-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FWACC_banner-150x54.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control is offering free adoptions for approved applications.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control news release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Hearts are flying this time of year, and we are \u201chopping\u201d in to announce a special deal!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne, Indiana (January 27, 2025) \u2013 There\u2019s a sale on smalls, at Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control &#8211; small animals that is!  Adopt any of our available small animals (currently guinea pigs and rabbits) and the adoption fee will be FREE with an approved application! Fee-waived adoptions start on Tuesday, January 28th and continue through Friday, February 7th, 2025! This promotion includes adoptable small animals at our partner location, New Haven Pet Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Make Valentines Day a little sweeter with a furry new family member to love. Reminder, our rabbits are already micro-chipped and spayed or neutered when you adopt.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityoffortwayne.in.gov\/162\/Animal-Care-Control\" target=\"_blank\">www.fwacc.org<\/a> to find the location of your new pet today!<\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne Animal Care &#038; Control is an open access shelter and will never turn away an animal from within Allen County. Anyone struggling to care for their animal can contact the shelter for assistance. If you are interested in learning more about ways to support or if you need assistance, please visit our website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityoffortwayne.in.gov\/162\/Animal-Care-Control\" target=\"_blank\">www.fwacc.org<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71709.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry announces call for referendum vote on the gaming issue during a press conference on February 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='3a28c5b667fd7a71e507a55b396a316e' data-image-id=\"199\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71709.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71709.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry announces call for referendum vote on the gaming issue during a press conference on February 27, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"199\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71709.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71710.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry shakes hands with Allen County Councilman Paul Moss after the press conference announcing his decision to seek a referendum vote on the gaming issue.  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Photo taken February 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='3a28c5b667fd7a71e507a55b396a316e' data-image-id=\"204\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71717.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71717.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/27: Dr. John Crawford and son Grant\" data-description=\"Former City Councilman Dr. John Crawford and son Grant attended the press conference in which Mayor Henry called for a referendum vote on the gaming issue. 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Photo taken May 1, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='3a28c5b667fd7a71e507a55b396a316e' data-image-id=\"1693\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/85078.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_85078.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/05\/01: Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry addresses the press about the City&#039;s hiring of lobbyists to promote a referendum vote on gaming. Deputy Mayor Greg Purcell is in the background. 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Photo taken May 1, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='3a28c5b667fd7a71e507a55b396a316e' data-image-id=\"1694\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/85080.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_85080.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/05\/01: Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry addresses the press about the City&#039;s hiring of lobbyists to promote a referendum vote on gaming.  Deputy Mayor Greg Purcell is on the left and City Corporate Counsel Tim Haffner is on the right.  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