{"id":247037,"date":"2026-04-26T05:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247037\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T05:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:55:14","slug":"meadow-available-for-adoption-at-broward-county-animal-care-as-shelter-faces-overcrowding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247037\/","title":{"rendered":"Meadow available for adoption at Broward County Animal Care as shelter faces overcrowding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 23, 2026 at 10:10 AM<\/p>\n<p>Broward County Animal Care is seeking a &#8216;furever&#8217; home for Meadow and other furry friends. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">BROWARD COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 Broward County Animal Care is spotlighting Meadow, a 3-year-old dog in need of a forever home, as the shelter deals with overcrowding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Meadow, described as affectionate and energetic, was brought in as a stray and is now ready for adoption. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">BCAC\u2019s Zachary Rinkins said she is \u201clove motivated,\u201d making her a good fit for an active family or individual.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officials say the shelter sees an increase in lost pets and intake during warmer months, adding to capacity issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">To help ease overcrowding, adoption fees are currently waived, with adopters only required to pay a $25 registration fee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Anyone interested in adopting Meadow or other animals is encouraged to visit the shelter or its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broward.org\/Animal\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.broward.org\/Animal\/Pages\/default.aspx\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ryan Mackey\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/8725e99c-e445-48a0-bd.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Ryan Mackey <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born on Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida, since 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 23, 2026 at 10:10 AM Broward County Animal Care is seeking a &#8216;furever&#8217; home for Meadow and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-247037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}