{"id":432230,"date":"2026-10-19T18:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/432230\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T18:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:54:07","slug":"broward-county-to-host-free-halloween-celebration-with-pet-adoptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/432230\/","title":{"rendered":"Broward County to host free Halloween celebration with pet adoptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Broward County Animal Care will host a free Halloween celebration on Saturday, October 24, featuring family activities, pet-friendly festivities and opportunities to adopt animals.<\/p>\n<p>The Pup or Treat event will run from 6 to 8 p.m. at Broward County Animal Care, located at 2400 SW 42nd St. in Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n<p>Activities will include doggy trick-or-treating, a pet costume contest, a pumpkin patch, pup cups and pet-friendly vendors. Residents will also be able to meet animals available for adoption.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the event, Broward County Animal Care will waive all pet adoption fees. Adopters will still be responsible for paying the pet registration fee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPup or Treat is an opportunity to bring our community together while helping more shelter pets find loving homes,\u201d said Doug Brightwell, director of Broward County Animal Care.<\/p>\n<p>Brightwell encouraged families to attend the celebration and consider adopting a shelter animal.<\/p>\n<p>The county also urged prospective adopters to choose pets that suit their household, lifestyle and ability to provide lifelong care.<\/p>\n<p>Residents can view animals available for adoption and find additional information about Broward County Animal Care at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broward.org\/Animal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broward.org\/Animal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broward County Animal Care will host a free Halloween celebration on Saturday, October 24, featuring family activities, pet-friendly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-432230","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\/432230","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=432230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}