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 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 Blue<\/strong> is a 2-year-old female American pit bull terrier mix (ID No. 78517). She is sweet, loyal and playful, with a zest for life. She gets along with children, dogs and cats. She is heartworm-positive, but with the right care can bounce back to her full health.<\/p>\n Maverick<\/strong> is an adult male domestic shorthair cat (ID No. 78830). He is friendly, independent and sociable. He loves adventures, exploring and making friends with everyone he meets. He enjoys warm spots in the sun and scratches behind the ears.<\/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 Honey Dumpling<\/strong> is a 2-year-old, 44-pound male mixed-breed dog (ID No. A1469273). He is as sweet as can be. He wants a family that will play fetch with him \u2014 he loves tennis balls, in particular \u2014 and take him for long walks in the park or on the beach.<\/p>\n Cherrio<\/strong> is a 1\u00bd-year-old, 8-pound male domestic shorthair cat (ID No. A1469841). He is mild-mannered and searching for a family that appreciates the slower purrs in life. He is available for adoption at the Regency PetSmart, 356 Monument Road in Jacksonville.<\/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 Seahawk Sophie<\/strong> is an almost 11-year-old, female mixed-breed dog (ID No. 33744281). She is gentle and has a soft heart. She needs quiet space and a warm place to spend her golden years. Senior dogs often get overlooked, but have so much love to give.<\/p>\n Amber Pup<\/strong> is a 3-year-old female mixed-breed dog (ID No. 58802604). She is sweet and patiently waiting for a second chance. She has so much love to give and is looking for a family to call her own.<\/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 Garth<\/strong> is a 4-year-old, 55-pound male mixed-breed dog (ID No. A0058606943). He is friendly and polite. He enjoys cuddling, exploring, taking walks, playing fetch and napping. He gets along with children and knows basic commands. His behavior and temperament won him Certified Good Boy<\/a> status.<\/p>\n Toucan<\/strong> is a 2-month-old, 3-pound female domestic shorthair cat (ID No. A0058548847). She is curious, playful, silly, sweet and full of spunk, always ready to pounce on a toy, chase a shadow or investigate a sound. She has a big personality.<\/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 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":59481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[32133,691,5229,4749,32142,21202,17969,4653,418,32135,15015,3059,4654,2488,3188,723,4353,2487,7310,32138,32136,7834,450,1457,10823,24537,7926,449,1451,32139,32137,32140,5677,32134,10622,14638,645,2490,448,447,456,646,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,4748],"class_list":{"0":"post-59480","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-fl","23":"tag-florida","24":"tag-georgia","25":"tag-highlights","26":"tag-jacksonville","27":"tag-johns","28":"tag-nassau","29":"tag-nassau-county","30":"tag-overall","31":"tag-overall-positive","32":"tag-pet","33":"tag-pet-adoptions","34":"tag-pets","35":"tag-point","36":"tag-positive","37":"tag-products","38":"tag-putnam","39":"tag-putnam-county","40":"tag-services","41":"tag-shelters","42":"tag-st","43":"tag-st-johns-county","44":"tag-story","45":"tag-story-highlights-ai-enabled","46":"tag-the","47":"tag-to","48":"tag-to-the-point","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\/59480","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=59480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}