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East Cobb shelter gives away cats

By Ty Tagami
June 16, 2011

Get a free cat in East Cobb County this weekend when a no-kill animal shelter will waive its usual $125 adoption fee.

Good Mews is celebrating Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat month by giving away neutered male cats over 9 months old from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday on what it's calling "Let’s Hear it for the Boys!" weekend. The cats have the necessary vaccinations and are micro-chipped.

Location: 736 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite A-3, Marietta; www.goodmews.org.

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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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