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Multnomah County Animal Services is "brimming with kittens" and urgently seeks the public's help in adopting or fostering kittens to free up more shelter space during the busy kitten season.

(Multnomah County Animal Services)

There's never a bad time to bring home a kitten, but if you're even considering adopting a tiny feline, this weekend is the purr-fect occasion.

Multnomah County Animal Services is "brimming with kittens," and is currently at 94 percent of its cat capacity.

The shelter expects to be flooded with even more felines as kitten season - the period between late spring and early autumn - gets underway.

The shelter is urgently seeking the public's help in either adopting or temporarily fostering cats and kittens to help free shelter space to bring in more.

Cats ages six months or older will be available for just $12 this weekend. As a bonus, the Troutdale shelter will include free cat food to anyone who adopts a feline that's been at the shelter for at least 30 days.

The promotion begins today and continues through Sunday.

Multnomah County Animal Services provides care for about 7,000 animals each year, all of which come from within the community.

The shelter is the only open-door shelter in the Portland Metro area and earlier this year announced the highest save rates in its history.

Mike Oswald, the shelter's recently retired director, has credited the Portland community's willingness to adopt, foster, volunteer, donate and license their pets to its success.

Multnomah County Animal Services is open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday; and closed on Monday.

The shelter is located at 1700 W. Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale.

For more information, visit multcopets.org or call 503-988-7387.

--Monique Balas; msbalaspets@gmail.com