Adoption Information - Cumberland County SPCA & Animal

ADOPTION INFORMATION

To adopt from our shelter the following items are required

Adoption Application

Visit with the Animal

Home Visit

Adoption Contract

Adoption Fee

First, the adoption application needs to be submitted, which can be accomplished by email, fax, or in person at the shelter. The application can take anywhere from 10 minutes to 2 days to approve depending on the time constraints on the office personnel as well as the day of the week the application is submitted (i.e., weekend applications take longer) . Applications are listed on the animal in the order they are received. The first approved application will be first in line to adopt the animal, second approved will be second, and so on, until the animal is adopted.

Once your application is approved, you and your family will be asked to come to the shelter to visit with the animal. If you have other animals in your home, it is recommended that you bring those animals in to be sure the current pets will get along with the animal being adopted.

Depending on the animal in question, a home visit by our Cruelty Investigators may be required to be certain that the home applying for an animal is appropriate, and that the applicants themselves have no questions on containment, training, house breaking, or other "new animal" uncertainties.

Once these steps are complete, the adopter will need to leave an adoption deposit for the animals surgery. The animal will then be scheduled to be spayed/neutered at our clinic. Once the pet is sterilized the new adopter will need to read and sign our adoption contract and pay the remaining balance of the adoption cost. Then the animal and adopter will leave the shelter to begin their new life together.