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🐾 650+ Pets, 1 Park, Our Biggest FREE Vaccine Clinic Ever On Saturday, Oct. 24, Planned PEThood of Georgia’s FREE pet vaccine clinic served over 650 cats and dogs at Best Friend Park in Norcross. It was the largest outreach event in our history! 🎉 We planned for 400 pets. Hundreds more showed up. ⏰ The first owners arrived at midnight to hold their spot. By 5 a.m., five hours before we opened, even more had joined them. At one point, the line stretched out of the park and down Jimmy Carter Blvd. Pets received free vaccinations, microchips, flea and tick prevention, spay/neuter vouchers, and supplies. 💉 This turnout shows how much this community loves its pets. 💛 Our free clinics are 100% funded by donations, sponsors, and grants. A huge THANK YOU to: 🚗 Subaru of Gwinnett and the Subaru Loves Pets initiative 🐶 Angels Among Us Pet Rescue ❤️ Petco Love 🙏 Faith Pescatore Subaru of Gwinnett and Angels Among Us also donated supplies and giveaways, and nearly all of them were gone by the end of the day! And thank you to the veterinary professionals, our staff, and every volunteer who gave their time and skill. We couldn’t do it without you. #PlannedPEThoodGA #FreePetClinic #GwinnettCounty #Norcross #SubaruLovesPets #PetcoLove #AngelsAmongUs #CommunityCare Angels Among Us Pet Rescue

🐾 **WHAT THE 2026 MID-YEAR DATA TELLS US: PREVENTION MATTERS** The latest report from **Shelter Animals Count** looks at cats and dogs entering and leaving shelters and private rescues during the first half of 2026 — and the numbers reinforce why prevention matters. 📈 **3.68 million** cats and dogs entered care — 72,000 more than last year. 🐕 **Dog adoptions remain 6.3% below 2016 levels.** 🐱 **674,000+ kittens** entered care, with juvenile cat intake reaching its highest level on record. 🔄 **Transfers are down nearly 19%** compared with 2016. And overall, **213,000 more cats and dogs entered care than left** during the first half of the year. What does this tell us? We can’t rely on adoption and rescue alone to solve the animal welfare crisis. **We also have to prevent animals from entering the system in the first place.** That’s why Planned PEThood focuses on affordable veterinary care, spay/neuter, community outreach, TNVR and education. Because **rescue starts before the shelter.** 💙🐾 📊 Explore the full report from Shelter Animals Count: pethoodga.org/2026data *Source: Shelter Animals Count, 2026 Mid-Year Data Summary.*

3 Georgia nonprofits. 1 wrapped van. 16 years of spay/neuter know-how. 🐾 Today, we teamed up with TWO fellow animal welfare organizations! 🚐 Good Mews (Marietta) pulled up in their newly wrapped van to learn about our Barn Cat program, and left with a big donation for their food pantry. The van looks amazing! 🏥 Mostly Mutts (Kennesaw) spent time with us talking shop as they plan their own Spay/Neuter Clinic. After 16 years, we're thrilled to share what we've learned. When we share ideas, resources, and support, more lives are saved and more animals are spared from suffering. Who's doing great work in your community? Tag a rescue or nonprofit you love! 👇 #AnimalWelfare #StrongerTogether #SpayNeuter #BarnCats #GeorgiaRescue #PlannedPEThood #CommunityOverCompetition

🐾 Look who found their forever homes! 🐾 Louie, Woody, and Lita are just a few of the cats who found their people during this past weekend’s adoption event! 💕🏡 Thanks to our friends at @ASPCA and their program #TheRescueEffect, adoption fees were sponsored, helping more animals make that all-important journey from shelter to home. And every adoption does more than change one animal’s life. ❤️ When a cat finds a family, it opens space and resources for us to help another animal in need. When we help one, we help many. That’s the Rescue Effect. 🐾 Thank you to everyone who opened their hearts and homes this weekend, and congratulations to Louie, Woody, Lita, and all their new friends! 🎉🐱 #PlannedPEThood #TheRescueEffect #ASPCA #AdoptDontShop #RescueCats #ForeverHome

❤️ Gwinnett, We’re Bringing FREE Pet Care to 400 Pets on October 24! On Saturday, October 24, from 10 AM–2 PM, Planned PEThood of Georgia, Subaru of Gwinnett and Angels Among Us Pet Rescue are teaming up to provide FREE veterinary services for up to 400 cats and dogs at Best Friend Park in Norcross! 📍 Best Friend Park 6224 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Norcross, GA 30071 🗓️ Saturday, October 24 ⏰ 10 AM–2 PM FREE SERVICES INCLUDE: 🐶 1-year Rabies vaccine 🐶 Distemper/Parvo vaccine 🐱 FVRCP vaccine 💉 Microchips 🦟 Flea & tick prevention PLEASE NOTE: • Gwinnett County residents only — proof of residency required • First come, first served • Maximum 3 pets per family • Event is limited to 400 pets • Dogs must be on a leash • Cats must be in a carrier ❤️ Help us spread the word! If you know a Gwinnett County pet owner who could use free preventive care, please share this post with them. Because keeping pets healthy helps keep them happy, healthy and home. This event is made possible with support from Petco Love and Subaru of Gwinnett. Interested in volunteering? Email outreach@pethoodga.org. #GwinnettCounty #FreePetVaccines #PlannedPEThood

🐾 Scenes: 9/19 FREE PET VACCINE CLINIC IN NE GEORGIA 🐾 On September 19, Planned PEThood brought FREE preventive veterinary care to over 220 pets at Pittard Park in Winterville, serving pets and people from across Northeast Georgia. From vaccines and microchips to flea & tick prevention, the clinic helped make essential pet care more accessible — and helped keep pets healthy and at home. ❤️ A huge THANK YOU to Georgia Lighting and individual donor Faith Pescatore for making this event possible, and to everyone who volunteered and helped make the day a success! Because rescue starts before the shelter. 🐶🐱 #PlannedPEThood #NortheastGeorgia #WintervilleGA #PetWellness #BecauseRescueStartsBeforeTheShelter

🐾 SWEET 16 SATURDAY: 16 PIT BULLS, 16 YEARS OF HELPING PETS & PEOPLE 💙 Just look at these faces! 🥰 These 16 adorable Pit Bulls and Bully Mixes are a reminder of why Planned PEThood has spent 16 years making affordable veterinary care accessible to the pets and people who need it most. From spay/neuter and vaccines to wellness care, outreach and rescue, we work every day to prevent suffering before it begins—and help keep pets where they belong: with their families. This Saturday, celebrate our Sweet 16 with a $16 gift: 🐾 $16 can help provide flea prevention 💉 $16 can help provide a rabies vaccine 🐱 $16 can help feed an adoptable animals for two weeks 16 years. $16 from you. More pets helped. ❤️ 👉 Give $16 and celebrate Planned PEThood’s Sweet 16: Give $16 for Sweet 16 https://pethoodga.org/sweet16/#give-today #Sweet16Saturday #Give16 #PitBulls #PlannedPEThood

The Search Is Over: Odie Is Home Handsome, super-sweet Odie has officially found his forever home, and we couldn’t be happier for this special boy! Odie’s new Dad has lots of experience with cats, and after recently saying goodbye to his senior kitty in July, he knew it was time to find a new friend for his other cat, Little Buddy. He searched rescue websites within a 250-mile radius before discovering Odie right here at Planned PEThood. 🥹 During their meet-and-greet, Odie was completely at ease and happily soaked up all the attention. It didn’t take long to see that this was a wonderful match. ❤️ Now Odie is headed to a quiet, loving home where he’ll be loved, spoiled, and cherished - exactly what every cat deserves. Happy tails, sweet Odie! We’re so excited to see you begin this next chapter with your new Dad and Little Buddy. 🐱🏡✨

Today, we remember September 11, 2001, and the lives forever changed by that day. We remember the thousands of people who lost their lives, the families and communities who carried unimaginable loss, and the countless first responders and rescue workers who answered the call. We also remember the animals affected, pets separated from their families, animals displaced from their homes, and the search-and-rescue dogs who worked alongside their human partners. We remember. We honor. We never forget. 🇺🇸

☕️ THE LAST COFFEE KITTEN FOUND HIS FOREVER HOME! We always say two kittens are better than one, and Espresso is proving us right! The last of our Coffee Kittens has been adopted, and even better, Espresso gets to go home with his brother, Macchiato, who was adopted just last week! ☕️☕️ Mom couldn’t wait to get home and reunite the boys. Both Espresso and Macchiato are so loving, snuggly, and fun, and we couldn’t be happier that these brothers get to grow up together. From rescue to reunion, this is exactly the kind of happy ending we love. Cheers to a lifetime of cuddles, mischief, and making memories together! 🐱❤️ Happy tails, Espresso! And welcome home, Macchiato’s brother!

🧁We’re celebrating our Sweet 16: Paws, Purpose & Progress! Since 2010, Planned PEThood has grown from a low-cost spay/neuter clinic into a comprehensive, community-based nonprofit organization providing affordable veterinary care, spay/neuter, rescue and adoption, TNVR, mobile services, and community outreach across Georgia. In 2025, we helped more than 12,400 cats and dogs and are on pace to help nearly 20,000 in 2026. Sixteen years of helping so many sweet souls. We couldn’t do this without you- our donors, sponsors and supporters. We are so grateful! 🐾💗 ⬇Help us celebrate by liking and commenting on this post. 🎥 Check out https://pethoodga.org/sweet16 to learn more about this milestone.

🐾 A HUGE thank-you to some of our summer superstars! 🐾 We are incredibly grateful to our volunteer team, lead by @@traci.gilbertson, who spend many of their summer evenings running concessions at concerts at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre to raise funds for Planned PEThood of Georgia. ❤️ They’re out there in the Georgia heat, serving concertgoers and working hard behind the scenes, all while helping raise critical funds that make it possible for us to provide affordable veterinary care, spay/neuter services, rescue, outreach, and so much more. Their dedication has made a real difference this summer, and we are so grateful for every hot evening, long shift, and tired feet that they’ve given to the animals and families we serve. 🐶🐱 Thank you, Traci and team, for showing up, sweating it out, and making a difference! We couldn’t do this without volunteers like you. 💙

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble… Black Kittens Make Halloween Cuter! Forget the haunted house; we’ve got a whole lot of purr-anormal activity happening at Planned PEThood! 👻 These spooky kittens, Onyx and Opalite, were having some fun with their foster mom, Dr. Macie 📸 Happy Halloween!! 🎃🖤

Stronger Together: One Saturday, 205 Pets Served! Angels Among Us Pet Rescue and Planned PEThood of Georgia came together this past Saturday, April 25, to deliver a FREE pet vaccine clinic for Gwinnett families at Rhodes Jordan Park, in Lawrenceville, GA. It was originally planned for 75 pets. There was so much interest; we prepared for double- 150 pets. At the end of the day, together we served 205 animals- 154 dogs and 51 cats!! Available services included one-year rabies vaccines, distemper/parvo vaccines for dogs, FVRCP vaccines for cats, microchips, and flea & tick prevention. Some pet owners also received a voucher for a complimentary spay or neuter surgery, while supplies lasted. We also provided free pet supplies, clothing and toys for dogs and cats. Thank you to our donors, supporters, Petco Love, our incredible veterinary professionals, dedicated volunteers, and Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation for making space for this work to happen. When organizations come together, more families are reached, more animals are protected, and entire communities benefit. This is just the beginning. #GwinnettCounty #AnimalWelfareGA #StrongerTogether #NonprofitCollaboration #PlannedPEThood #AngelsRescue

Meet little Autumn! 🍂🐱 This sweet baby was recently found near the carpool line at a local daycare, scared, filthy, and clearly in need of some TLC. With her big, beautiful eyes and the most adorably raspy little meow, Autumn quickly made herself impossible not to love. She got a nice warm bath, plenty of snuggles, and lots of reassurance that she’s safe now. Just listen to that tiny voice! 🥹 We have a feeling Autumn has plenty to say... and we’re happy to listen.

ADOPTION UPDATE: DOUBLE THE HAPPY NEWS! We’re thrilled to share that Aspen and Stella have both been adopted! 🤍🤍 These two beautiful girls came to us just a few weeks ago, got a much-needed spa day thanks to Happy Cat Hotel & Spa, and now they’ve already found their forever family. Talk about a glow-up! We couldn’t be happier for Aspen and Stella and wish them both a lifetime of love, cozy naps, and all the pampering they deserve. Happy tails, sweet girls! 🏡❤️

24 More Community Cats, One Big Step Forward 🐾 It’s another big TNVR day at Planned PEThood! Today, our FIDO mobile surgery unit is busy caring for 24 community cats, helping prevent unwanted litters and giving each cat the medical care they need to safely return home. Days like today may look like a room full of carriers, sleepy kitties, and a very busy veterinary team, but the impact reaches far beyond our clinic. Every spay or neuter means fewer kittens born without homes and a healthier, more stable community cat population. 24 cats. A whole lot of prevention. A brighter future for community cats. 🩵 Thank you to everyone who makes TNVR possible... from the trappers and caregivers to our veterinary team and supporters. Together, we’re changing lives before cats ever have to enter a shelter. #CommunityCats #TNVR #TrapNeuterVaccinateReturn #SpayNeuterSavesLives #AnimalWelfare #FidoFixers #BecauseRescueStartsBeforeTheShelter #PlannedPEThood

21 Community Cats. One Big TNVR Day! 🐾 On 8/12, our FIDO mobile surgery unit helped make an extra-large TNVR day possible in Duluth! 21 Community Cats—feral and friendly strays—received spay/neuter surgery, vaccinations, and a chance to return healthier to their communities. 💙 Among them were Earnie, Black Bean, Mamita, Oscar, Grumpy, Dixie, and Montie. 🐾 Another XL TNVR day is planned for Monday, August 24. Stay tuned for more info! Because rescue starts before the shelter. 🩵 #CommunityCats #TNVR #SpayNeuterSavesLives #BecauseRescueStartsBeforeTheShelter #PlannedPEThood

☕️ The Coffee Kittens Are Finding Their Forever Homes! 🐾 We have some very exciting news to share: four of our five Coffee Kittens have been adopted! 🎉 Congratulations to Americano, Macchiato, Cappuccino, and Latte on finding their forever families! These sweet little beans have officially traded their kitten room for cozy homes, loving families, and all the cuddles they could ask for. 🥰 There’s just one Coffee Kitten left waiting for their perfect match, Espresso. ☕️🐱 Could you be the one to take home the last little bean? We’re raising a cup to these four happy adoptions, and keeping our fingers crossed that number five won’t be waiting long! Learn about Espresso here: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/espresso-1d0b1b79-e621-4022-b7de-6e60deb2ac00/ga/duluth/planned-pe-thood-of-georgia-ga229/details/

🖤 Meet Harvey: Your New Tuxedo Bestie! 🐾 Hey, I’m Harvey! I’m a sweet and lovable 2-year-old tuxedo boy who is ready to trade outdoor life for something much better... a forever home! 🏡❤️ I’m super friendly, love getting pets, and would be thrilled to have a person of my very own. If you’re looking for a formerly outdoor kitty who’s ready to be your best buddy, I might be your guy! 😻 I’m FIV/FeLV negative, neutered, up-to-date on vaccinations, and microchipped. My microchip will be transferred to my adopter after the adoption process is complete. Learn more about Harvey: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/harvey-cac2f375-aedf-48b1-bdfa-034204771a45/ga/duluth/planned-pe-thood-of-georgia-ga229/details/

🍝 Meet Pasta and Autumn: Double the Kittens, Double the Fun! 🐾💛 Looking for a little extra pasta-bility in your life? Meet Pasta, a fun-loving, 2-month-old kitten who’s always ready for his next adventure! From playing hide-and-seek under the blankets to wrestling and climbing the cat tree, Pasta makes every day an adventure, especially when his bestie, Autumn, is by his side! 🐱🐱 These two are the perfect pair and would LOVE to find a forever home together! 💕 Because Pasta is still so young, he needs a playful feline friend in his forever home. What better companion than Autumn? ✨ Adopt Pasta and Autumn, and bring home twice the fun, twice the cuddles, and twice the love! 📩 Ready to meet this adorable duo? Reach out to Planned PEThood of Georgia to learn more about adopting Pasta and Autumn!

🌈 Today is Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day 🌈 August 28 is a day to honor and remember the cats and dogs who have crossed the Rainbow Bridge. These loyal companions filled our lives with love, laughter, and unforgettable moments. 🐾 We’d love to remember them with you. Share a photo and the name of a special pet you’ve lost in the comments below. Together, we can celebrate their memory and the pawprints they left on our hearts. 💖 #RainbowBridgeRemembranceDay #ForeverInOurHearts #RememberingOurPets

He’s Had Fleas, Lice, a Fever… and a Balloon?! 😳🎈 A few weeks ago, sweet little Louie arrived in our foster program covered in fleas and lice. We got him feeling better, and through it all, he has been nothing but an absolute sweetheart. Then a few days ago, Louie spiked a fever, started vomiting, and developed diarrhea. We initially wondered if stress might be the culprit. Thankfully, his temperature came down, and overnight he left us a very strange “present” in his litter box. Our vet took a closer look and discovered what it was: a balloon. 😳🎈 Thankfully, X-rays showed no balloon material remaining. Louie is eating, playing, and acting much more like himself. He is also having his neuter surgery, and we’re keeping a very close eye on this little guy as he continues on the road to recovery. Louie’s story is also a reminder of something we don’t always get to show you: rescuing and caring for a kitten can be expensive. From medical treatment and medications to surgery, food, litter, and foster care, the cost of caring for an animal often goes far beyond the adoption fee. Adoption fees help, but they don’t cover the full cost of care. If you’d like to help kittens like Louie get the care they need, and help us be there when the next animal arrives in need - A donation of any size makes a difference. ❤️ https://pethoodga.org/give/#give-today And please, never release balloons. What goes up eventually comes down, and for curious animals like Louie, it can become a life-threatening danger. 🎈🚫 We’re rooting for you, Louie. Keep getting better, little guy. 💙🐱

🏠🐱 Give a Community Cat a Warm, Dry Place to Rest! As temperatures drop, outdoor community cats need safe places to escape the cold, wind, and rain. The good news? You can make a simple, weather-resistant shelter with just a few inexpensive materials! A simple shelter can make a huge difference for a cat who calls the outdoors home. Do you have a community cat in your neighborhood? Consider building a shelter and sharing these instructions with a friend!

🏆 Nominations Open- Keep It Humane Award! 🐾 If you follow the animal welfare field, you may know Keep It Humane, one of the leading animal welfare podcasts and videocasts. Hosted by Daniel Ettinger, Ashley Bishop and Ashlee Bishop, the show explores important issues across sheltering, animal control, rescue, legislation and community care. Now, Keep It Humane is bringing back its annual awards to recognize the people and organizations doing exceptional work for animals, people and the communities they serve. 🏆 ACO of the Year 🏆 Agency of the Year ❤️ Animal Welfare Professional of the Year 🌟 Keep It Humane Award — the highest honor presented by Keep It Humane These awards are an opportunity to shine a light on the compassionate, innovative and dedicated people working every day to make animal welfare better. Nominations are open through November 20, 2026. Know someone who deserves recognition? Nominate them today! 👉 Submit a nomination at https://keepithumane.com/ #KeepItHumane #KeepItHumaneAwards #AnimalWelfare #AnimalSheltering #AnimalControl #Rescue #communitycare . .

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