Plenty of animals are hoping for just one thing this holiday season—a forever family and a new home.

Animal control is hosting several adoption events in an effort to clear out the shelter before they move to a new facility.

The capacity of DACC is 86 for dogs, and now they’re just over 200. Most were young, too, two years and under.

A call for help has been issued as Detroit Animal Care and Control no longer has a veterinarian.

Adoption fees are getting waived through the weekend at Detroit Animal Care and Control in honor of National Dog Day.

Adoption fees are being waived for nearly two weeks at Detroit Animal Care as part of an “Empty the Shelters” program.

The shelter has space for 84 and is currently housing 150 dogs.

Each day Detroit Animal Care and Control (DACC) finds dozens of dogs roaming the streets but there is limited space in the building.

DETROIT – The City of Detroit is making big changes to Animal Care and Control following a deadly dog mauling earlier this year, just one instance of dog-related violence in the city in recent years. Meanwhile, the Animal Control side of the operation will be managed by the city’s General Services Department, under the direction of Assistant Director Lori Sowle. Sowle said her team is looking forward to the partnership with the Animal Care staff. “We are going to focus on data management through an improved hotline, which will allow us to better target our animal control efforts. Additional StaffSeven additional animal care technicians for shelter operations to increase the total number to 20.