JACKSON, MI — The Jackson County Animal Shelter, 3770 Spring Arbor Road, has many pets available for adoption.

Here are two of them.

Cricket is a 3-year-old red and black Coonhound. Coonhounds are well suited for hunting but also make great companions.

Cricket has a beautiful hair coat and soft, soulful brown eyes. He is a well mannered guy and walks nicely on the leash with no jumping and pulling.

Cricket is house trained and is treat motivated. He would be a wonderful addition to your family.

Socks is a 1-year-old dark grey cat with white paws and nose.

He was surrendered by his owner that just had too many animals. Socks gets along great with the other cats where he is housed.

He is a pretty mellow guy, watches what is going on but usually just likes to observe. It might take Socks a minute to warm up to a new person, but then he would be an excellent lap warmer.

Dog adoptions require an application, online. A meet-and-greet with a dog also is mandatory. A cat room walk-through is available to test reaction. The dog adoption fee is $150 for medium and large dogs and $250 for puppies and small dogs, which includes vaccinations, microchip and sterilization.

Cat adoption fees are $60 for one cat, $80 for two, which includes applicable tests, vaccinations and spay/neutering.

Visiting the shelter is always best, but other adoption resources include online applications at faxing 517-780-4750 or emailing animalshelter@mijackson.org.

The shelter’s current hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

More information is available on the shelter’s Facebook page. See more pets available for adoption at Petango.com.