{"id":444104,"date":"2026-11-01T07:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T07:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/444104\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T07:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T07:04:22","slug":"pet-adoption-events-in-jacksonville-halloween-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/444104\/","title":{"rendered":"Pet adoption events in Jacksonville Halloween weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Humane Society is hosting three pet adoption events this Halloween weekend, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, across two locations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The events offer waived and discounted adoption fees for cats, kittens and dogs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The humane society says adoptions will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis throughout the weekend, though additional fees may apply. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\">&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">At the shelter\u2019s main facility, located at 8464 Beach Blvd., dog adopters can participate in \u201cThe Great Pumpkin Paw-ty\u201d on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors adopting a dog will select their adoption fee by drawing from a trick-or-treat basket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The Beach Blvd. location is also hosting \u201cMissy\u2019s Free Cat and Kitten Adoptions\u201d on Saturday, Oct. 31 and Sunday, Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. All adoption fees for cats and kittens are waived during the event, which is sponsored annually by a local family in memory of their cat, Missy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">[DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">An off-site mobile adoption event, \u201cMeet Your New Best Friend,\u201d will take place Sunday, Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Walmart, located at 13490 Beach Blvd. Adoption fees for all dogs present at the mobile event will be waived on-site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Prospective pet parents can preview <a href=\"https:\/\/jaxhumane.org\/adopt\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/jaxhumane.org\/adopt\/\">available animals online<\/a> before attending any of the events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">[SIGN UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/video\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n<p>Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Humane Society is hosting three pet adoption events this Halloween weekend, Oct. 31&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,347,173040,28,348,16191,116,351,118,15838,117,349,173039,350,152011,346,345],"class_list":["post-444104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-cbs47","tag-discounted-adoption-fees","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-halloween-weekend","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-humane-society","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-northeast-florida","tag-pet-adoption-events","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-waived-adoption-fees","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444104","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=444104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}