Record-Breaking Stats Indicate Alarming Trend in Atlanta Shelter Intake
LifeLine Animal Project pushes initiatives to help owners find their lost pets and help reduce overcrowding
August 5, 2024
All LifeLine shelters will be closing earlier on Thursday, 9/26, at 4pm. The LifeLine Community Animal Center will reopen at 11am and our Fulton County and DeKalb County shelters will reopen at 1pm on Friday, 9/27. All shelters will resume normal hours on Saturday, 9/28, barring any complications from the storm.
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LifeLine Animal Project pushes initiatives to help owners find their lost pets and help reduce overcrowding
LifeLine Animal Project holds an emergency fee-waived adoption event In Fulton County on June 15th and 16th.
LifeLine is proud to announce a new partnership with DeKalb County aimed at providing ongoing support to pet owners facing financial hardships.
Puppy Haven is thrilled to announce our Seventh Annual Party for the Paws benefiting LifeLine Animal Project.
LifeLine Animal Project is happy to announce that 264 dogs and cats from the Dekalb and Fulton county animal shelters found homes in March.
RE-volv Solar Ambassador fellows help LifeLine Animal Project achieve their long-standing goal of transitioning to clean energy.
LifeLine Animal Project is delighted to be the recipient of a Banfield Foundation grant which will cover the cost of rabies vaccines and microchips at all Healthy Pets events in 2024.
Spring into Lifesaving with these great adoption promotions and events at LifeLine Animal Project this March!
Recently, the Governing Authority of DeKalb County approved a resolution proposed by Commissioner Cochran-Johnson that
Consider bringing home a new friend in the new year!
Get ready for one of the best fee-waived adoption events of the season!
Join us as we celebrate the official opening of the brand new, state-of-the-art Fulton County Animal Services shelter.
LifeLine Animal Project Joins Forces with Petco Love to help Clear the Shelters Black Friday Weekend.
LifeLine Animal Project is encouraging residents to bring home a shelter pet during the month of November by reducing all adoptions to just $25 for the remainder of the month.
The overcrowding in our county shelters has reached a pivotal breaking point. We are asking you, our community, to be the lifeline the animals so desperately need right now.
What’s happening at LifeLine Animal Project in October 2023.
LifeLine Animal Project, which manages operations at both the Fulton and DeKalb animal shelters, is excited to be the recipient of a new mobile vet clinic that will make its debut at the Healthy Pets Fulton.
Due to astronomically high intake numbers at both county shelter locations, more dogs are at risk of euthanasia because of a lack of space.
With nearly 100 dogs lost due to overcrowding this June and July, LifeLine urges more Atlanta residents to adopt and foster.
LifeLine Animal Project Launches FREE DOG FRIDAY Program on June 2, Grapples with Unprecedented Overcrowding and Canine Flu
LifeLine Animal Project Hosts FREE Healthy Pets Events in Metro Atlanta.
LifeLine Animal Project Hosts First GOOD HUMAN GALA to Celebrate Atlanta’s Leaders in Animal Welfare.
LifeLine Animal Project partners with Petco Love to stop the spread of deadly preventable diseases for National Pet Vaccination Month. Free vaccine clinic to be held 3/18 in College Park.
DeKalb County Animal Services shelter must find homes for 150+ dogs by the end of January.
LifeLine opens new “pop up” shelter in Midtown Atlanta in response to Canine Flu Outbreak to divert emergency intake of dogs.
Safety protocols have been enacted at LifeLine Animal Project after dog flu outbreak confirmed. Atlanta pet owners urged to monitor their dogs for symptoms as virus spreads.
FULTON COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES ANNOUNCES NEW TEMPORARY INTAKE PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES.
A nonprofit founded in 2002, LifeLine Animal Project provides lifesaving solutions to end the euthanasia of healthy and treatable animals in county shelters. LifeLine manages DeKalb and Fulton County Animal Services, where it has sustained no-kill levels, and operates two LifeLine Spay & Neuter Clinics. LifeLine provides services to over 43,000 animals annually and has performed 195,500 free and low-cost spay/neuter surgeries to date, including 61,000 stray/feral cats through its Community Cat program, metro Atlanta’s first and largest trap-neuter-return assistance program. LifeLine’s community outreach improves the quality of life for animals in the community and helps prevent pet overpopulation. LifeLine’s Community Animal Center features an adoption center and a full-service, low-cost veterinary clinic to help make pet care accessible to all. In the last twenty years, LifeLine has helped over 350,000 animals.
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