The Indiana Coalition of Animal Welfare Professionals alongside shelters and rescue organizations across the State of Indiana are coming together on behalf of Governor Holcomb’s proclamation to designate November 5-12, 2023, Adopt a Hoosier Shelter Pet Week!

This proclamation will bring awareness to the growing public problem of pet homelessness and the crisis shelters and rescues are facing. Indiana shelters and rescuers call the community to act now to adopt, foster, donate, and/or volunteer during Adopt a Hoosier Shelter Pet Week to help alleviate this crisis and reverse the monumental steps taken back in saving the lives of homeless pets.

To celebrate "Adopt a Hoosier Shelter Pet Week" FWACC and all our offsite locations will have the following reduced adoption fees:

• Dogs 6 months & older are $50
• Fall in love with a $4 feline
• Smalls (rabbits, guinea pigs, etc.) are fee-waived

View all adoptable animals and our hours on our website by clicking here >>> https://www.cityoffortwayne.org/adopt.html

Roll back into the 80's with Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control on Saturday, November, 25, from  12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Roller Dome North, 444 Coliseum Blvd. W., Fort Wayne, IN. 46805. 

Roller Dome North has partnered with FWACC to raise funds for the Humane Education Department.

“Students are getting more than a memory and fun times at the shelter with the animals. They are learning to be advocates for the voiceless as they are absorbing the lessons,” states Abigail Reyes, FWACC Education Specialist. “Our department is also making changes in the community. When students participate in one of our programs, they are learning to have kindness, compassion, and empathy to not only animals but everyone around them.”

For more information on Humane Education and about its programs please click on the "Youth Programs" tab. 

Our shelter is reaching maximum capacity and thank you to BISSELL Pet Foundation, they have extended our “Empty The Shelters” adoption event the end of October! This will help to get many animals into their loving homes where they belong. We will continue to have the following reduced adoption fees:

Dogs 6 months & up: $50

Cats/kittens/smalls: Fee-waived