Press Release: City Partners with Petco Love in Nationwide Campaign to Vaccinate One Million Pets

Free Pet Vaccines, Microchips Available at Drive-Thru Clinic

EL PASO, Texas —El Paso Animal Services and its community partners will be offering free pet vaccinations and microchips to hundreds of pets via a drive-thru pet wellness clinic, sponsored by Petco Love Foundation.
The large-scale clinic will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, Sept. 26, at 301 George Perry Blvd.
The clinic aims at making it easier for owners to keep their pets, and themselves, healthy and safe.
The event is first-come, first-served and limited to the first 500 pets. Pets must remain in the vehicle; all dogs must be on a leash and cats must be placed in a secure carrier while visiting the drive-thru clinic.
Dogs will receive a parvo/distemper vaccination, while cats will receive a feline viral rhinotracheitis, calicivirus, and panleukopenia (FVRCP) vaccination, both will also be given a microchip.
Pets must be six weeks old or older to receive vaccines. No other pet vaccinations will be available at this drive-thru event.
This event will be a part of a series of vaccination events that the department plans to offer throughout the fall and winter seasons.
To stay up to date on upcoming Animal Services events and services, visit ElPasoAnimalServices.org.
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