Photo gallery: Adopt a friend
Find your next best friend at one of Tucson's shelters and rescue groups.
Adopt a friend
• Age: 11 months. • Qualities: This big red puppy is a calm, friendly boy. He is a great family dog, and enjoys being with children, cats and other dogs. • Needs: To be inside at night with his family. • Fee: $150. • Contact: Call SAFE.
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• Age: 3 years. • Qualities: A beautiful "blue" beagle with eyes that mesmerize, T.J. is a happy and affectionate companion. • Needs: A loving home. • Fee: half price at $90. • Contact: Southern Arizona Beagle Rescue, 393-8479 or www.soazbeaglerescue.com
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• Age: 3 months. • Qualities: The smallest of his litter, Farley is growing in size and confidence every day. • Fee: $74. • Contact: Casa de los Gatos at 881-0900 or www.casadelosgatos.org • Meet: Petco, 9640 E. 22nd St., today and Sunday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
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• Age: 3 months. • Qualities: Brave yet gentle, this kitten needs someone to show him lots of patience, love and trust. • Needs: He would prefer to be adopted with his brother, Wiley. • Fee: $99 for both kittens. • Contact: Casa de los Gatos at 881-0900 or www.casadelosgatos.org • Meet: Petco; 11985 N. Oracle Road in Oro Valley, Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
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• Age: 3 years. • Qualities: This girl, a medium-sized blue brindle, gives kisses and is learning to play with toys. • Needs: Cats and small dogs are OK. • Fee: $195. • Contact: Arizona Greyhound Rescue.
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• Age: 4 years. • Qualities: This petite girl is looking for someone to snuggle with. • Needs: Cats and small dogs unknown. • Fee: $195. • Contact: Arizona Greyhound Rescue, 886-7411, www.azgreyhoundrescue.org for an online adoption application.
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• Control Number: 700134 • Age: 2 years. • Qualities: Juliet is an easygoing girl who loves people and other dogs. • Needs: A dog-friendly family to help her true colors shine. • Fee: $135. • Contact: The Humane Society of Southern Arizona.
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• Age: 13 weeks. • Qualities: Pansy and her siblings are happy, healthy and full of the dickens despite their rocky start in life. • Fee: $65. • Contact: The Animal League of Green Valley.
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• Age: 11 years. • Qualities: Very nice, big girl. • Needs: She’s on a diet. • Fee: $25. • Contact: The Hermitage Cat Shelter, 5278 E. 21st St., 571-7839 or www.hermitagecats.org
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• Age: 10 months. • Qualities: Copper Dan is a knock-your-socks-off handsome, outgoing, eager-to-learn, face-kissing, lovable, big (105 pounds) guy. • Needs: Training and people who have the time and ability to do it. • Fee: $85. • Contact: The Animal League of Green Valley at 625-3170 or www.talgv.org • Meet: TALGV, 1600 W. Duval Mine Road, Green Valley, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. daily.
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• Control Number: 697126 • Age: 3 years. • Qualities: She's curious, cuddly and great with kids. • Needs: A permanent home with a lifetime of love. • Fee: $80. • Contact: The Humane Society of Southern Arizona, 327-6088, Ext. 106, or visit www.hssaz.org • Meet: 3450 N. Kelvin Blvd. (just off Fort Lowell Road between North Dodge Boulevard and North Country Club Road) 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday.
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• Age: 4 years • Qualities: She loves to play, and gets along well with other dogs and children. • Needs: Lila has always lived with her BFF Pearl, and they would like to go together to a new forever home. Lila is trying to lose 10 pounds, so she is dieting. • Fee: $250 • Contact: Southern Arizona Golden Retriever Rescue, sagrr.org/available-dogs, or call 792-4653.
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• Age: 5 years. • Qualities: Oliver is a large, brown male. He is declawed. • Fee: $95. • Contact: Call SAFE at 349-8637, www.safeanimals.com • Meet: PetSmart, Irvington and Interstate 19, today, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.