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Franklin County Animal Shelter's adoption process
1.
Visit the Facility and Find a Pet
We are performing dog adoptions by appointment! Our cat and kitten rooms are open to the public Noon to 4pm Monday to Saturday.
2.
Submit Application
While we do allow for same-day adoptions, we reserve the right to place our animals in the home that we feel will best fit their needs.
3.
Sign Adoption Contract
4.
Pay Fee
5.
Take the Pet Home
Our goal is to ensure every animal placed goes to a home where it will live happily, not just temporarily, but for the rest of its life.
Additional adoption info
The adoption process is easy! Simply fill out an adoption application at the shelter, then once you're approved you can adopt!
We do our best to prepare the dogs and cats for adoption by providing the following services:
-All animals are spayed or neutered prior to adoption.
-All dogs have received age-appropriate vaccines including bordetella, distemper, and rabies, as well as monthly flea treatment and nail trims.
-All cats have received age-appropriate vaccines, including distemper and rabies vaccines.
-Most local veterinarians offer a complimentary initial exam of a shelter pet.
Adult dogs, over 1 year: $175
Senior Dogs, 7 to 9 years: $100
Senior Dogs, over 9 years: Manager's Discretion
Puppies, 6 months to 1 year: $200
Puppies, under 6 months: $350
VIP Transport Puppies: $350 to $400
VIP Transport Dogs: $225
The adoption process is easy! Simply fill out an adoption application at the shelter, then once you're approved you can adopt!
We do our best to prepare the dogs and cats for adoption by providing the following services:
-All animals are spayed or neutered prior to adoption.
-All dogs have received age-appropriate vaccines including bordetella, distemper, and rabies, as well as monthly flea treatment and nail trims.
-All cats have received age-appropriate vaccines, including distemper and rabies vaccines.
-Most local veterinarians offer a complimentary initial exam of a shelter pet.
Adult dogs, over 1 year: $175
Senior Dogs, 7 to 9 years: $100
Senior Dogs, over 9 years: Manager's Discretion
Puppies, 6 months to 1 year: $200
Puppies, under 6 months: $350
VIP Transport Puppies: $350 to $400
VIP Transport Dogs: $225
About Franklin County Animal Shelter
The Franklin County Animal Shelter is a non-profit organization. Since 1974, their purpose has been to provide temporary care and shelter to stray, homeless, and abandoned animals. The shelter provides medical treatment including vaccinations and sterilization to all animals prior to adoption. FCAS serves the community as an adoption facility where loving families and pets needing homes come together. The shelter strives to educate the public in the proper care of pets including increasing public awareness of the companion animal overpopulation issue.
The Franklin County Animal Shelter is a non-profit organization. Since 1974, their purpose has been to provide temporary care and shelter to stray, homeless, and abandoned animals. The shelter provides medical treatment including vaccinations and sterilization to all animals prior to adoption. FCAS serves the community as an adoption facility where loving families and pets needing homes come together. The shelter strives to educate the public in the proper care of pets including increasing public awareness of the companion animal overpopulation issue.
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Support adoption and rescue. Why go to a dog breeder, cat breeder or pet store to buy a dog or buy a cat when you can adopt?
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.
