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Critter Adoption and Rescue Effort (CARE)

1528 27th Street SE, Ruskin, FL 33570

Contact
Email careshelter@aol.com
Phone (813) 645-2273
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Areas Critter Adoption and Rescue Effort (CARE) serves

Southern Hillsborough County and Norther Manatee County in Florida

Critter Adoption and Rescue Effort (CARE)'s adoption process

Additional adoption info

Adoption fees vary between small breed pets (puppies, kittens) and adult animals and range from $60-120. Senior discounts are available and all pets are up to date on vaccinations and are spayed/neutered.

Applicants must fill out application and provide vet reference information prior to being considered as adoption parents.

About Critter Adoption and Rescue Effort (CARE)

We are a small, all volunteer and no-kill shelter with room for between 40-60 dogs and cats. Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and adopt homeless, abandoned, abused and relinquished animals and to operate a low cost spay-neuter clinic for low income residents. We have a 3 acre property with inside and outside kennel space and have 3 large dog play areas adjacent to the outside kennels. Our cattery consists of 3 large open bay rooms where cats are separated by age and allowed to roam free in the rooms and on their adjacent screened porches.

Critter Adoption and Rescue Effort (CARE)'s adopted pets

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

What is the difference between adopting a dog, adopting a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder?

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.