Find Your Senior Sweetheart Soulmate: Fees Waived on Older Dogs, Cats at Burlingame Shelter

SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA – PHOTO: Available for free adoption is "Mister," a neutered male "senior" Chihuahua who is a big fan of those things called "treats." Ask to see him under ID# A599666.

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A special promotion being offered this month at a Burlingame animal shelter is encouraging animal lovers to find their soulmates, regardless of age.

The Peninsula Humane Society & Society for the Prevention for Cruelty to Animals announced that its Lantos Center for Compassion, located at 1450 Rollins Road, has more than 30 senior animals available for adoption.

The elderly cats and dogs are available for waived adoption fees through the shelter's Senior Sweethearts program, being offered through the end of the month.

The pets are considered seniors after about seven years of age.

"Age is just a number; our older cats and dogs have plenty of pep in their step and love in their hearts just for you," shelter director of adoptions and customer service Dan Hanley said in a statement.

Senior animals make great pets because they're often already equipped with basic obedience skills and have usually been house trained and socialized with other animals and people, and normally have a temperament
that's easier to read compared to a restless puppy or kitten, PHS/SPCA officials said.

Recently, a trio of close-knit elderly animals, a cat and two dogs, were all dropped off at the shelter overnight without any explanation.

The animals, named Babe, Rocky and Crybaby, are all seeking homes through the program. A video of the trio being reunited after spending weeks apart can be seen below.

More information about the animals available for adoption at the www.phs-spca.org/adopt.

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--Bay City News/Image via PHS/SPCA