Home For The Holidays: Help Metro Clear The Animal Shelter

NASHVILLE, TN -- For the second year, Metro Animal Care and Control wants every animal to have a home for the holidays, kicking off Operation Silent Night.

Nearly every dog kennel is full at MACC's South Nashville shelter, so through Dec. 23, adoption fees have been dropped to $25. MACC is also looking for families to temporarily take in pets that haven't been adopted so they can have a little break from the shelter.

“Traditionally the holiday season is a great time for adoptable animals to find their new for forever homes, ” said Rebecca Morris, spokesperson for Metro Animal Care and Control. “We have so many deserving pets and we hope each of them will find a place to lay their head.”

Operation Silent Night is about creating awareness of homeless pets in the area and ensuring that each of the pets at the shelter find either a permanent or temporary home by Saturday, December 23. If interested in participating in Operation Silent Night, email Foster.MACC@nashville.gov for more information.

Potential adopters and fosters will be provided the opportunity to meet with one of MACC's professionally trained adoption counselors to help find the best match for their family. MACC is now open seven days-a-week for adoption from 10 am until 4 pm, with special evening hours on Thursday until 6 pm and will have extended hours Saturday, December 23 from 10 am-6 pm.

MACC is located at 5125 Harding Place.. As an added holiday bonus, remember that all adoptable dogs and cats from MACC come spayed or neutered, microchipped and vaccinated.

Photo by Penny Adams Photography via Metro Animal Care and Control, used with permission