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April 10th through April 16th is Animal Care & Control Appreciation Week!
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RABIES ALERT: On November 2, 2021, a RACOON was captured in the 2300 Block of North Eiffel Ct in Decatur that later tested positive for rabies.

LifeLine strives to keep pets with the people who love them. Whether your dog has behavior issues or your cat has special medical needs, we'll provide resources and assistance to help keep your human-animal family together.

With many families facing hardships, some find it challenging to care for their pets. The LifeLine Community Support team helps residents of DeKalb county keep their pets. This effort includes lost pet assistance, behavior training resources, low-cost medical care, pet supplies, temporary pet housing and more.

• Affordable Vet Care

  The LifeLine Community Animal Center clinic offers full-service, affordable veterinary care, including vaccines, dental care, emergency visits, surgery and more.

• Low-Cost Spay & Neuter Services

  The LifeLine Spay & Neuter Clinic provides low-cost, high-quality spay/neuter surgeries and has performed over 150,000 procedures.

• SNIP DeKalb

  SNIP DeKalb (Spay Neuter Impact Program) provides free spay/neuters and vaccines for cats and medium-sized, large-breed dogs for DeKalb County pet owners who need our help. Complete the SNIP DeKalb Application Form to get started.

• SPOT Society

  SPOT (Stopping Pet Overpopulation Together) Society funds and provides low- to no-cost spay/neuters for pets of financially disadvantaged residents of the metro Atlanta area

• Wellpet Humane

  WellPet Humane is a full-service veterinary clinic in Doraville, Georgia providing compassionate care, focusing on wellness and treating a wide range of medical issues common to dogs and cats.

• Community Veterinary Care

  Community Veterinary Care is a local non-profit Christian veterinary mission that helps those who cannot help their sick or injured pets due to financial hardship.

• The Pet Fund

  The Pet Fund provides non-basic, non-urgent pet care funding, such as for cancer treatment, heart disease, chronic conditions, endocrine diseases, eye diseases, etc.

• PALS Atlanta

  It is the mission of Pets Are Loving Support, Inc. (PALS) – an Atlanta based 501(c)(3) organization – to provide ongoing care and support to the pets of Atlanta area persons living with disabilities due to HIV/AIDS and terminal illnesses, and the elderly.

• Pet Buddies

  Pet Buddies is an outreach organization that provides spay and neuter sponsorship, temporary pet food and supplies to struggling pet owners, seniors, disabled, veterans, medically fragile and the homeless.

• Care Credit

  Care Credit is a credit card for medical and veterinary care that charges no interest on purchases over $200 if the total amount is paid by the end of the promotional period.

Whether you have adopted a new pet or need help with your current pet, we can provide you with resources and solutions for your pet's behavior. Many pet behavior challenges can be managed and corrected through training. These resources can help you to improve your pet's behavior.

GoodPup provides private dog training with certified trainers who teach cues and advanced behavior on crate training, barking, begging and jumping. Sign up with GoodPup for a FREE week of dog training + 20% off for life, and GoodPup will make a generous donation to help us care for more pets in need.

• GoodPup
• LifeLine Dog Training - Mini Basics Video Series
• Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers
• International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants
• Paws Whiskers & Claws
• Positively

• PawsBetweenHomes.org

  Paws Between Homes provides temporary foster homes, supplies, and veterinary care to the pets of people who are being evicted or otherwise losing their housing. They serve low-income households in metro Atlanta.

• MyPitBullIsFamily.org

  My Pit Bull is Family is a 501c-3 nonprofit organization with a mission to end housing and insurance discrimination. They have the largest database of rental properties that welcome ALL pet breeds.

• PetRelocation.com

  For more than 15 years, PetRelocation has been guiding pets and their people through the complicated process of moving, happily reuniting them in their new homes.

• AirAnimal.com

  If you are planning a move that will require your pet to travel by air, Air Animal can handle all the details ensuring a stress-free experience for you and your pet.

GIVE UP MY PET

We understand that sometimes, due to circumstances beyond your control, you may have to give up your pet. Visit our Rehoming page for steps you can follow to find your pet a new home without having to surrender them to the shelter.

SAFETY NET FOSTER

If you are facing a crisis and need short-term housing for your pet, LifeLine may be able to help through our Safety Net program . Pets of qualified program participants are placed in a home with a short-term foster parent until the participant's situation is stable and a reunion can occur.

• DogsOnDeployment.com

  Dogs on Deployment connects those in active duty, reservists, National Guard, veterans and first-responders with volunteers who will care for their pets while they have service commitments.

• PetsForPatriots.com

  Pets for Patriots, a LifeLine partner, offers free memberships to U.S. veterans and provides members who adopt from LifeLine with a $150 pet gift card, discounts on vet care and pet supplies, as well as post-adoption follow up calls. LifeLine offers members free adoptions on eligible pets.

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DeKalb County Animal Services is managed by LifeLine Animal Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission of ending the euthanasia of healthy and treatable animals in county shelters.

LifeLine Animal Project is the largest animal welfare organization in Georgia. LifeLine manages the Fulton and DeKalb County Animal shelters, provides enforcement services for Fulton County, and has two affordable vet care clinics.

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