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The Rockingham County Animal Shelter at 250 Cherokee Camp Road, Reidsville, will host its first holiday adoption event from 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday. A rabies clinic will be held as well from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Vaccine cost is $7 and is open to dogs and cats only at the age of 4 months and older. Bring dogs on leashes and cats in carriers. If your dog is aggressive, there will be exceptions made for a car side service and a muzzle will be provided by the veterinarian. Coffee, courtesy of Java House, will be offered to folks waiting outside for their pets’ shots.

Home for the Holidays will include photos with Santa courtesy of Don Frederick Photography. Photo subjects can be humans and pets. Local groomers and boarders will be there along with various vendors. The Golden Girls will be accepting and paying for broken or unwanted gold.

The shelter will be running an adoption special on the dogs for $90 and the cats will be priced at $50 for the entire week leading up to the adoption event.

To help raise money for the shelter Science Diet has donated 80 pounds of dog food and 60 pounds of cat food to be raffled off for $1 tickets. Tickets can be purchased until Saturday at the front desk of Rockingham County Animal Shelter.

Information: 394-0075.