{"id":210613,"date":"2026-06-04T15:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/210613\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:34:12","slug":"berks-county-shelter-offers-free-pet-adoptions-june-8-10-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/210613\/","title":{"rendered":"Berks County Shelter Offers Free Pet Adoptions June 8, 10-14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Animal Rescue League of <a href=\"https:\/\/957benfm.com\/tag\/Berks-County\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berks County<\/a> is hosting a free adoption event on June 8 and 10-14 for all pets over six months old.<\/p>\n<p>To be considered as a pet adoptor, prospective individuals must complete an adoption profile and meet with a counselor to ensure a good home match. Individuals are also encouraged to bring family members to meet the pet.<\/p>\n<p>Dog adopters should bring resident dogs to check compatibility. They must pay the <a href=\"https:\/\/957benfm.com\/tag\/Pennsylvania\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pennsylvania<\/a>-required $11.30 dog license fee and should bring a collar and leash, or purchase one at the shelter. Cat adopters should bring a carrier or buy one at the shelter for $5.<\/p>\n<p>The adoption sponsorship is funded by Ruby and Remmy, two dogs whose families have decided to cover the adoption fees for all qualifying animals during the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.readingeagle.com\/2026\/06\/02\/animal-rescue-league-of-berks-county-hosting-free-adoption-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">According to a Reading Eagle report<\/a>, shelter hours are Monday and Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m.\u20136 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m.\u20135 p.m. No appointment is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>A virtual line is set up at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/berksarl.org\/hello\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">berksarl.org\/hello<\/a>, where guests can check in upon arrival at the shelter. Guests will be able to hold their place in line and be notified when it&#8217;s their turn to meet with an adoption counselor. Extended wait times during sponsored adoption events are expected.<\/p>\n<p>The Animal Rescue League of Berks County is at 58 Kennel Road in Cumru Township, located in Birdsboro. To view pets available for adoption, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berksarl.org\/pets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">visit the organization&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Animal Rescue League of Berks County is hosting a free adoption event on June 8 and 10-14&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[28,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-210613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}