Cold Noses, The Florida Times-Union’s weekly pet column, features dogs and cats available for adoption at area government-run animal shelters.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Putnam County Animal Services, 174 County Landfill Road, Palatka. Call (386) 329-0396 option #1. To view available animals, go to\u00a0bit.ly\/2EKoICq<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0bit.ly\/34NqoGB<\/a>. Adoptable sats are also available at PetSense at 113 Town and Country Drive in Palatka.<\/p>\n Jennay<\/strong>, a 5-year-old female, and Ridge<\/strong>, a 3-year-old male, are mixed-breed dogs (ID numbers unavailable). Jennay has heartworms, but they are both clean and housebroken. They get along with cats and other dogs and walk well on a leash.<\/p>\n \u2022 St. Johns County Pet Center, 130 N. Stratton Road, St. Augustine. Call (904) 209-6190. To view available animals, go to\u00a0co.st-johns.fl.us\/animalcontrol\/petcenter.aspx<\/a>.\u00a0Friends of the St. Johns County Center group has shelter cats available for adoption Saturdays at PetSmart, 1779 S. U.S. 1 in St. Augustine, facebook.com\/fosjcpc<\/a>.<\/p>\n Reo<\/strong> is an adult male English bulldog\u00a0(ID No. 77794). He is sweet and lovable. He lost a leg, but not his spirit. He needs frequent vet checkups and periodic home visits, daily medication and a calm, quiet home with no stairs or other pets.<\/p>\n Hawkeye<\/strong> is a 1-year-old, male domestic shorthair cat (ID No. 79150). He is a bundle of joy, curiosity and boundless energy. He is friendly and loves playing hide-and-seek and cuddling. He gets along with children, cats and other dogs.<\/p>\n \u2022 Jacksonville Animal Care and Protective Services, 2020 Forest St. Call (904) 630-2489 or email jaxpets@coj.net. To view available animals, go to\u00a0coj.net\/pets<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0facebook.com\/jaxanimalcare<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sweet Pea<\/strong> is a 10-year-old female mixed-breed dog (ID No. (A1469369). She is chill and but would love to spend lazy summer days with a family. But she does get occasional bursts of energy and zoomies that rival younger dogs.<\/p>\n Sunset<\/strong> is an 11-year-old, 7-pound female domestic mediumhair cat (ID No. A0820535). Injured when she arrived at the shelter, she was quickly nursed back to health. She loves attention and being petted and scratched.<\/p>\n \u2022 Nassau County Animal Services, 86078 License Road, Fernandina Beach. Call (904) 530-6150. To view available animals, go to\u00a0nassaucountyfl.com\/845\/Animal-Services<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0facebook.com\/NassauCountyAnimalServices<\/a>. Kittens are available for adoption at Petco stores at 463713 Florida 200 in Yulee and 11900 Atlantic Blvd. in Jacksonville; Tractor Supply Co., 463184 Florida 200 in Yulee; and\u00a0Pet Supplies Plus, 6500 Georgia 40, St. Marys, Ga.<\/p>\n Baobab<\/strong> is an 8-year-old female mixed-breed dog (ID No. 58582334). She is sweet and loving. Baobab may be a little older, but that means she\u2019s wiser, calmer and full of gratitude for every bit of love she receives.<\/p>\n Ramalama<\/strong> is a 1\u00bd-year-old male mixed-breed dog (ID No. 58546295). He is sweet and full of life, curiosity and potential. With love, stability, companionship and the right person by his side, he\u2019ll blossom into a loyal friend.<\/p>\n \u2022 Clay County Animal Services, 3984 W. Florida 16, Green Cove Springs. Call (904) 269-6342 or email clayadoptions@claycountygov.com. To view available animals, go to\u00a0claycountygov.com\/community\/animal-services<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0facebook.com\/ClayCtyAnimals<\/a>.<\/p>\n Merida<\/strong> is a 3-year-old, 50-pound female mixed-breed dog (ID No. A0058324679). She is loving, smart, friendly and affectionate. She is struggling with kennel life and lights up when she receives attention. She needs a home where she can be herself.<\/p>\n Hazel<\/strong> is a 3-year-old, 7-pound female domestic shorthair cat (ID No. A0058728373). She is calm, loyal, low maintenance and talkative. She will happily narrate her day while lounging in a sunny window or curled up with her favorite blanket.<\/p>\n bcravey@jacksonville.com, (904) 359-4109<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cold Noses, The Florida Times-Union’s weekly pet column, features dogs and cats available for adoption at area government-run…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[32133,691,5229,4749,32142,21202,17969,4653,418,32135,15015,3059,4654,2488,1074,32141,3188,723,1075,24255,2487,316,7310,32138,32136,7834,450,1457,10823,24537,7926,1451,32139,32137,32140,5677,32134,10622,14638,645,2490,646,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,4748],"class_list":{"0":"post-40425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-adoptions","9":"tag-ai","10":"tag-america","11":"tag-animal","12":"tag-animal-products-u0026-services","13":"tag-animal-shelters","14":"tag-animal-welfare","15":"tag-cats","16":"tag-classifieds","17":"tag-clay","18":"tag-clay-county","19":"tag-county","20":"tag-dogs","21":"tag-enabled","22":"tag-exclude","23":"tag-exclude-from-home-front","24":"tag-fl","25":"tag-florida","26":"tag-from","27":"tag-front","28":"tag-highlights","29":"tag-home","30":"tag-jacksonville","31":"tag-johns","32":"tag-nassau","33":"tag-nassau-county","34":"tag-overall","35":"tag-overall-positive","36":"tag-pet","37":"tag-pet-adoptions","38":"tag-pets","39":"tag-positive","40":"tag-products","41":"tag-putnam","42":"tag-putnam-county","43":"tag-services","44":"tag-shelters","45":"tag-st","46":"tag-st-johns-county","47":"tag-story","48":"tag-story-highlights-ai-enabled","49":"tag-u0026","50":"tag-united-states","51":"tag-united-states-of-america","52":"tag-unitedstates","53":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","54":"tag-us","55":"tag-usa","56":"tag-welfare"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}