Leah Androski
reporter@greenepublishing.com
The MCSO Animal Services Department is located at 2060 NE Rocky Ford Rd., in Madison, and are open on Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday by appointment only.
The MCSO Animal Service currently has 52 animals in their shelter, with the number changing daily. Most of the animals are puppies ten months or younger.
They can use donations of dog food, kitten and puppy formula, chew bones and Kong toys for kennels, leashes and collars, extra flea medicine, cat litter, dog beds and dog crates.
MCSO Animal Services Department Director Jennifer Burleson stated, “Our biggest need is fosters.” She explained that even becoming a day foster can help them get out of their kennel and helps them socialize with the people around them. Burleson also mentioned the need for hurricane fosters during the hurricane season. These would be fostering an animal or animals for a couple of days, before or after a storm hits.
To foster one of their animals, the MCSO Animal Services Department asks that interested people fill out an application and make sure their current animals are up to date on their vaccinations. The MCSO Animal Service offers a day, weekend or long-term options for fostering. Long-term fostering is for puppies or those with medical issues.
The adoption fee for dogs is $50 and for cats is $35. Often, the MCSO Animal Service will have a dog of the week, for whom the adoption fee is waived.
For more information, visit the MCSO Animal Services Facebook page at Madison County Sheriff’s Office Animal Services-FL or call them at (850) 973-6495.