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Independent Animal Rescue

Germantown, MD 20874

Contact
Email leonard.spiegel@verizon.net
Phone (301) 515-8283
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Areas Independent Animal Rescue serves

We primarily serve the Metropolitan Washington, DC area & surrounding communities of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia & Pennsylvania.

Independent Animal Rescue's adoption process

Additional adoption info

We can assist you to select the right companion animal and answer questions or solve problems concerning adoption. Our adoption process includes an application form, interview, vet reference check, landlord approval where applicable, possibly a home visit, and binding legal adoption contract.

Independent Animal Rescue incurs significant expenses to rescue, transport, house, feed, and provide medical care, vaccinations, and medications for a significant number of animals. Some require very costly extensive and intensive care or emergency treatments. A cost-based adoption fee is required at the time of adoption to help defray those expenses and enable us to continue our efforts for other animals in need. Adoption fees vary for specific animals depending on various circumstances.

Our animals are placed only with adults to be kept as companion animals. They must be accepted as family members, receiving proper nourishment, medical care, attention, exercise and companionship. Continuous outdoor or solitary indoor confinement is not acceptable.

About Independent Animal Rescue

Independent Animal Rescue is an organization of volunteers, partners and professionals dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and permanent care of animals in distress.

Our mission is to successfully place them into compassionate, permanent homes to receive a lifetime of responsible care, companionship, protection and love. We take this dedication seriously.

We adopt out homeless dogs & cats of all breeds received from various sources, primarily shelters, surrendered animals & strays. We completely vet them, to include all appropriate tests, treatments & vaccines; all are spay/neutered & microchipped. We place them only in responsible, loving, forever homes.

If you would be interested in volunteering or fostering for us please email Leonard.Spiegel@verizon.net

Independent Animal Rescue'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.

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.