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Cobb animal shelter holds adopt-a-thon

By Ty Tagami
Oct 7, 2011

Cobb County Animal Control will hold an adopt-a-thon from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday as part of the ASPCA Save More Lives Challenge.

Adopt a pet at special rates and enter a raffle in a festival-like atmosphere with vendors, food, animal rescue groups and demonstrations by police dogs and trainers.

Location: 1060 Al Bishop Dr., Marietta. Information: animalcontrol.cobbcountyga.gov.

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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