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SAFE Haven for Cats

8431-137 Garvey Drive, Raleigh, NC 27616

Contact
Email adoptions@safehavenforcats.org
Phone (919) 872-7233
cats at SAFE Haven for Cats
1 - 10 of 30 adoptable pets at this shelter

Areas SAFE Haven for Cats serves

We serve the Triangle area of North Carolina.

SAFE Haven for Cats's adoption process

Additional adoption info

Our adoption fees are: $95 for adults (up to 8 years) and kittens; $50 mature cats (8+years). Our adoption application can be completed online. We will review the application and call to schedule an appointment. Walk-ins are also welcome and can complete the application in our lobby. We have cats of all ages - baby to mature. All of our cats are thoroughly examined by our staff veterinarian, spayed/neutered, microchipped, dewormed, treated for fleas, and have the vaccinations appropriate for their age (rabies and distemper).

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About SAFE Haven for Cats

SAFE Haven For Cats is the original no-kill shelter in the Triangle and the only one exclusively for cats and kittens. Our shelter was founded on the following:

•We believe every cat has value and deserves a chance for a permanent home.

•SHFC is a limited-access shelter; as one cat or kitten is adopted, another is rescued. While waiting for a space, cats are placed on a waiting list and are cared for by foster families. The average length of stay for a cat at the shelter is 4.5 weeks.

•We are a no-kill shelter and only euthanize cats that are too ill or injured to recover. That's it. Unless a cat can't recover we consider it adoptable and will work hard to find a home for it and always do! If euthanasia is necessary it is by lethal injection only.

•We are committed through our own low cost spay and neuter clinic to sterilizing as many feral (through Trap/Neuter/Return) as well as stray cats and personal pets in our community as we can.


•All cats adopted from SAFE Haven are sterilized prior to adoption and can never reproduce.

•We treat the cats in our shelter and make decisions for them the same way we do our own personal pets at home.

•No time limits are imposed on the process of restoring a cat or kitten to well being.

SAFE Haven for Cats's adopted pets

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Why should you adopt?

Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life.

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When someone is breeding puppies or breeding kittens, they are creating new dogs and cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of dog, cat, puppy or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a dog for sale or buy a cat for sale from a puppy breeder or a kitten breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats who must find homes.

So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder or buying a cat or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog, adopt a cat, adopt a puppy or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.