Royal Canin has introduced that it’s masking all adoption charges on the Animal Care Facilities of NYC in celebration of Nationwide Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, which runs till November 8. The model additionally vowed to supply every adopter with a one month provide of meals and dietary info. The ACC is the biggest animal shelter in New York Metropolis and has a number of full-service shelters throughout Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, with greater than 500 pets prepared for adoption.
“We deeply worth the very important work animal shelters like ACC of NYC do day-after-day to look after cats and canine in want,” mentioned Don MacIntosh, vp, Royal Canin Skilled Division in a press launchopens in new tab. “Our partnership is about greater than waiving adoption charges, it is about working collectively to make sure each pet is supplied with the tailor-made vitamin they deserve.”
A research from Shelter Animals Rely again in June reported that 2.8 millionopens in new tab cats and canine entered shelters and rescues throughout the nation from January 2025 to June 2025. Whereas that’s technically lower than the identical interval from 2024, adoption charges have additionally been barely down, particularly for big and medium canine, in addition to senior pets. In line with Shelter Animals Rely’s forecasting, shelter consumption fee is predicted to remain on monitor, although given the latest pet surrenders as a result of ICE raidsopens in new tab and SNAP profit cutsopens in new tab, it’s probably that shelters and rescues can be pushed to their useful resource limits.
The ACC had over 15,000 animals in 2024 — however fortunately, it was capable of place 91 % of them into eternally properties. The same old adoption fee for many shelters is round 25 %. With this new partnership between Royal Canin and the ACC of NYC, hopefully extra animals will be capable to discover loving households.
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And there’s one pet particularly that they’re looking for a loving residence for. A lot so, that the model is providing six months of free meals to anybody who adopts Jelly Beanopens in new tab — a candy and affection cat who charmed the employees of the Animal Care Facilities of NYC — throughout Nationwide Animal Shelter Appreciation Week.
“We’re grateful for Royal Canin’s continued partnership and dedication to the wellbeing of the animals in our care,” mentioned ACC President and CEO Risa Weinstock in the identical press launch. “Their help not solely helps guarantee pets at ACC obtain high quality vitamin but additionally amplifies our shared aim of ending animal homelessness in New York Metropolis. Collectively, we’re giving extra pets the prospect to seek out their loving properties.”
There are nonetheless two days left to benefit from the waived charges and free meals and dietary info — and within the case Jelly Bean, the six months of meals. The ACC web siteopens in new tab can also be stuffed with different lovable cats and canine all on the lookout for households that can love and treasure them. The Royal Canin waiver is barely obtainable for in-person adoptions and the adopter have to be over 18.
