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Free mobile veterinary clinic at JFK Public Library, now until August 28

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/global/animals/home.page 2024-06-06 2024-06-06T14:00:00.000Z 10 00 am Gabriella Dominguez [email protected] 305-418-7194 Free mobile veterinary clinic at JFK Public Library, now until August 28 The WOW (Wellness on Wheels) Mobile veterinary clinic, which aims to alleviate critical animal health issues affecting underserved pets and their owners in Miami-Dade County will be stationed at JFK Library Miami-Dade County Animal Services (Animal Services) and Friends of Miami Animals Foundation Inc. (FOMA) are excited to announce that the WOW (Wellness on Wheels) Mobile, the County’s fully-equipped mobile wellness veterinary clinic, will be stationed at the John F. Kennedy (JFK) Public Library from now until August 28, 2024. Miami-Dade County Animal Services (Animal Services) and Friends of Miami Animals Foundation Inc. (FOMA) are excited to announce that the WOW (Wellness on Wheels) Mobile, the County’s fully-equipped mobile wellness veterinary clinic, will be stationed at the John F. Kennedy (JFK) Public Library from now until August 28, 2024. Pet owners in Miami-Dade County can bring their dogs and cats to the WOW Mobile for FREE routine wellness veterinary services at the JFK Public Library, located at 190 W 49TH ST, Hialeah, FL 33012. Services are offered on a first-come, first-serve basis until capacity is reached during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Wednesday. The WOW Mobile is closed Thursday through Sundays and on all County-observed holidays.  The WOW Mobile provides essential medical care for owned dogs and cats, including wellness vaccines and boosters, deworming and flea prevention and referrals for low-cost or no-cost spay/neuter surgeries and other treatments that cannot be performed on the WOW Mobile. The clinic is strategically placed in underserved neighborhoods within our community that have been identified as veterinary deserts. These invaluable services are made possible through a generous donation and grant funding from FoMA.  For more information about programs serving Miami-Dade County’s pets and pet owners at Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department visit animals.miamidade.gov, call 311, or follow Animal Services on social media @adoptmiamipets.  About Miami-Dade County Animal Services  Every year Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department (Animal Services) takes in approximately 30,000 to 36,000 lost, abandoned, injured, ill, or abused dogs and cats. Every day, Animal Services staff works diligently to find life-long homes for these abandoned animals by facilitating onsite adoptions, hosting offsite adoptions at events and locations throughout the community, and working collaboratively with rescue organizations, volunteers, and adoption partners. no 2024 00 a.m. 00 a.m. Animal Services 1 rel1717680511230905 Animal Services Pet Adoption and Protection Center 3599 NW 79 Avenue Doral 33122 Luis Salgado [email protected] 305-418-7162 local county miami-dade department department Animal ServicesASD Contact Us /global/animals/contact.page About Us /global/animals/about.page /global/publicrecords/search.page Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department Protecting the public's safety, saving animals and finding pets new, loving homes. Our mission is to save the lives of abandoned animals in our care, protect animals from cruelty, reunite lost pets with their owners, protect people and pets in our community from health-related issues and ensure the public's safety. Our goals are accomplished through comprehensive adoptions, transfers, low-cost pet vaccination, dog licensing, increased sterilization for dogs and cats, commercial pet regulations, reuniting lost pets with their owners and trap, neuter, return programs for cats. Aside from our lifesaving mission, we also enforce <a href="https://library.municode.com/fl/miami_-_dade_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIIICOOR_CH5ANFO" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chapter 5</a> of the Miami-Dade County Code and Florida Statute 828 (which deals primarily with animal cruelty issues). Our activities include licensing, enforcing rabies vaccination requirements, spay and neuter services, vaccination services for pets, protecting the public from stray and dangerous dogs, promoting animal adoption and public education, and investigating animal cruelty cases. Lifesaving Mission In 2015, Miami-Dade County Animal Services first achieved its lifesaving goal of saving greater than 90 percent of animals entering the shelter. This is a testament to the incredible hard work of the shelter team every day and the addition of new lifesaving programs to include partnerships with rescue organizations, improved pet welfare, foster programs, offsite adoption events, surrender prevention and more. Animal Statistics The Miami-Dade Animal Services Department encourages the public to <a href="https://www.miamidade.gov/global/animals/annual-animal-statistics.page">view our annual animal statistics</a> information, which shows shelter population based on the <a href="https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Asilomar Accords</a> and other methods for calculating the number of animal lives that are saved. In August 2004, a group of animal welfare industry leaders from around the nation convened at Asilomar in Pacific Grove, California to build bridges across varying philosophies, develop relationships and establish goals focused on reducing the euthanasia of healthy and treatable companion animals in the United States. The Asilomar Accords established record-keeping and reporting standards for data associated with shelter animals. To help increase life-saving opportunities, Miami-Dade Animal Services has created a variety of new programs aimed at achieving the highest save rates in the history of the department. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.miamidade.gov/global/animals/annual-animal-statistics.page">View annual animal statistics</a></li> </ul> /resources/images/banners/animal-services.jpg Director Annette Jose Annette Jose /global/government/biographies/animals.page Pet Adoption and Protection Center - 3599 NW 79 Avenue [loc146470117318693] : Doral ^ 33122 loc146470117318693 311 /global/animals/home.page facebook twitter instagram <a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/PetsToLove" data-widget-id="730459858286350336" data-chrome="noheader noborders">Tweets by @PetsToLove</a> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script> To request materials in an accessible format, or if you require special accomodations, please contact our ADA Coordinator: Jacob Achinah [email protected] 305-418-7151 animal-services org1450714342984597 loc146470117318693 Pet Adoption and Protection Center 3599 NW 79 Avenue Doral 33122 311 /global/animals/home.page facebook,twitter,instagram https://www.facebook.com/AdoptMiamiPets,https://twitter.com/AdoptMiamiPets,https://www.instagram.com/adoptmiamipets/

The WOW (Wellness on Wheels) Mobile veterinary clinic, which aims to alleviate critical animal health issues affecting underserved pets and their owners in Miami-Dade County will be stationed at JFK Library

MIAMI-DADE ( June 06, 2024 )–

Miami-Dade County Animal Services (Animal Services) and Friends of Miami Animals Foundation Inc. (FOMA) are excited to announce that the WOW (Wellness on Wheels) Mobile, the County’s fully-equipped mobile wellness veterinary clinic, will be stationed at the John F. Kennedy (JFK) Public Library from now until August 28, 2024. Pet owners in Miami-Dade County can bring their dogs and cats to the WOW Mobile for FREE routine wellness veterinary services at the JFK Public Library, located at 190 W 49TH ST, Hialeah, FL 33012. Services are offered on a first-come, first-serve basis until capacity is reached during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Wednesday. The WOW Mobile is closed Thursday through Sundays and on all County-observed holidays.

The WOW Mobile provides essential medical care for owned dogs and cats, including wellness vaccines and boosters, deworming and flea prevention and referrals for low-cost or no-cost spay/neuter surgeries and other treatments that cannot be performed on the WOW Mobile. The clinic is strategically placed in underserved neighborhoods within our community that have been identified as veterinary deserts. These invaluable services are made possible through a generous donation and grant funding from FoMA.

For more information about programs serving Miami-Dade County’s pets and pet owners at Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department visit animals.miamidade.gov, call 311, or follow Animal Services on social media @adoptmiamipets.

About Miami-Dade County Animal Services
Every year Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department (Animal Services) takes in approximately 30,000 to 36,000 lost, abandoned, injured, ill, or abused dogs and cats. Every day, Animal Services staff works diligently to find life-long homes for these abandoned animals by facilitating onsite adoptions, hosting offsite adoptions at events and locations throughout the community, and working collaboratively with rescue organizations, volunteers, and adoption partners.

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Pet Adoption and Protection Center
3599 NW 79 Avenue, Doral, FL 33122