The St. Joseph Animal Shelter is full again and looking to place pets in homes before the holiday season.

Animal Shelter Humane Educator Jenna Keyes said the warm weather may be playing a factor in why they are at capacity at this time of year.

“Usually we start to see things winding down a little after Halloween, but I think with the weather staying so warm we’re still seeing a lot of animals out and being active,” Keyes said. “We are full right now, full of animals that really need loving homes or need their owners to come down to the shelter, find them and take them back home.”

Keyes said the Friends of the Shelter are offering half-off dog and half-off cat adoptions on Saturday.

“Our, kind of, pre-Black Friday special, so we are really hoping we get some great adoptions out of that,” Keyes said. “We really would like to try and find homes for all of our adoptive animals before Thanksgiving so they can be home with their new families for the holiday.”

The usual monthly half-price dog adoptions will be offered on Wednesday and half-price dog and cat adoptions will be offered on Saturday, November 19th. Normal business hours on Saturday are 1 to 4:30 p.m.

For more information, contact the Animal Shelter at (816) 271-4877 or go to the Friends of the Animal Shelter Facebook page.