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MAS Announcements

	Big Mac's #FosterFieldTrip One of our wonderful foster families offered to take Big Mac on a field trip to ease his shelter stress. Big Mac went to Shelby Farms, has a spa day at Hollywood Feed, then ended his trip on the Swanky's Taco Shop patio! His field trip foster family says he was an angel! You can see a video of Big Mac here: [See more]
	MAS Announces New Hours Effective August 4th, MAS hours are now 12-4 every day, with extended hours until 7pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Stray Surrender hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 12-4pm.
	MAS Attends Best Friend Conference MAS was also recognized with four other shelters across the country making huge strides toward saving all healthy, treatable, and adoptable pets. [See More]
	Deluca's #FosterFieldTrip Deluca #A305545 had been at the shelter for nearly a month. We were so excited when one of our foster families took him on a field trip! First, Deluca went to Shelby Farms on a nice stroll around the lake! Then he got to go to Hollywood Feed where he had the ultimate spa experience!
	ALSAC/St. Jude Volunteers spent their morning helping out at MAS From laundry to building carriers, they helped out with various everyday task that keep us running! They also learned about the various ongoing volunteer opportunities we have available, got a tour of the shelter, and got some snuggles in with the adoptable dogs!
	MAS Separates Play Yard! Thanks to donated funds MAS was to separates the big grassy play yard into 6 sections! Previously, we could only have three dogs outside in yards at once, which made it really tough on busy days for adopters to meet dogs. Now, with our 6 grassy yards, 2 dog runs, and 1 cement square yard, we can have NINE DOGS outside at once! [See More]
	MAS Offers a Kitten 2 for 1 Special! MAS started their Kitten 2 for 1 special this June. Any kittens, up to 6 months old, were only $30!
	Second Annual Tiger Takeover! For the second year in a row select members of the University of Memphis football team, lead by offensive line coach and run game coordinator, Ryan Silverfield, took over as adoption counselors at MAS on Saturday, June 23. The team helped 20 dogs and cats find their forever homes! [See More]
	$30 Pet Adoptions for Entire Summer! MAS offers $30 pet adoptions for all animals from June 1st until August 31st, as a part of Save A Shelter Pet Summer!
	It's a Kitten Bonanza! It's kitten season at MAS and we were up to our noses in kittens in need of fosters. We sent out plea after plea for some help, and the community did not disappoint! Over 80 kittens (and a few adults), went out to foster homes! Some were even adopted!
	Human Walking with Baker and Donelson This week MAS was thrilled to partner with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowits, PC downtown for one of out Human Walking events. Our helpful shelter dogs went downtown to Court Square to rescue these office workers from their desks and take them for an afternoon walk. [See More]
	$25 Dog Adoptions MAS offers $25 dog adoptions throughout the month of May
	Memphis Library Animal Adoptathon MAS teams up with the Memphis Public Libraries for an Animal Adoptathon.
	$30 Pet Adoptions MAS offers $30 pet adoptions for the month of April.
	MAS Sees 182% Increase in Adoptions From June & July Adoption Promotions Memphis Animal Services today announced that their month-to-date save rate is 91 percent and asked for the community’s support to help them maintain that percentage for the rest of the month. [See more]
	MAS Sees 182% Increase in Adoptions From June & July Adoption Promotions Thanks to a partnership with Best Friends Animal Society, Memphis Animal Services offered $10 cat adoptions from June 1-30 and $17.76 pet adoptions from June 25-July 3. Local media really helped get the word out, and Wizard’s donated an ad in the Memphis Flyer, and adopters showed up in droves! There were a total of 265 publicly adopted pets who got new homes under the two adoption promotions, compared to 94 during the same period last year, resulting in a 182% year-over-year increase in adoptions during that period.
	MAS Hosts Tiger Takeover Memphis Animal Services had some special help one Saturday in June: 14 Memphis Tiger football players and their coach, Ryan Silverfield! The players "took over" as adoption counselors for the day, and helped make 24 matches in the two hours they were there! [See more]
	$10 Cat Adoptions MAS Offers $10 Cat Adoptions Through End of June. [See more]
	Neonatal Kitten Nursery Apprenticeship MAS’s Dani Rutherford Awarded Maddie’s® Neonatal Kitten Nursery Apprenticeship at Austin Pets Alive! [See more]
	MAS Takes 20+ Cats from Same Owner Memphis Animal Services today announced that they have taken in 20 cats from a home in midtown, where the owner was evicted and asked MAS to help find his cats good homes. [See more]
	Heartworm Head Start MAS Offers Heartworm Head Start in May [See more]
	M.A.S. Safety Net Program Memphis Animal Services Announces MAS Safety Net Program [See more]
	Essential Oils with Pets Memphis Animal Services Hosts Essential Oils with Pets Class [See more]