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Washington County, Carter County, Unicoi County, Johnson County, Sullivan County, Hawkins County
Appalachian Highlands Humane Society's adoption process
1.
Submit Application
2.
Interview
3.
Approve Application
4.
Meet the Pet
5.
Sign Adoption Contract
6.
Pay Fee
7.
Take the Pet Home
Additional adoption info
Adoption applications are required and are available on our website. We do require references and interview potential adopters. We do home visits periodically. All animals will be current on the vaccinations and be either spayed or neutered before adopted to individuals.
Our adoption fees range from $135.00 to $200.00 depending on the age of the dog. Adoption fees for cats are $80.00.
Adoption applications are required and are available on our website. We do require references and interview potential adopters. We do home visits periodically. All animals will be current on the vaccinations and be either spayed or neutered before adopted to individuals.
Our adoption fees range from $135.00 to $200.00 depending on the age of the dog. Adoption fees for cats are $80.00.
About Appalachian Highlands Humane Society
Appalachian Highlands Humane Society, former known as The Humane Society of Washington County, was primarily an organization that provided spay and neuter funding for low income families. Spay and neutering is still at the front of our organization but we have also incorporated fostering and adoptions of animals. We are committed to see our community to become a no kill community. Our organization is not funded by local government, we rely only on spay neuter grants and fund raising. To continue to grow, we need donations for our programs and those links are available on our website under giving. We also need volunteers. The volunteer application is also available on our website. Working together we will become a no kill community. Please visit our website, www.ahumanesociety.org for more information.
Appalachian Highlands Humane Society, former known as The Humane Society of Washington County, was primarily an organization that provided spay and neuter funding for low income families. Spay and neutering is still at the front of our organization but we have also incorporated fostering and adoptions of animals. We are committed to see our community to become a no kill community. Our organization is not funded by local government, we rely only on spay neuter grants and fund raising. To continue to grow, we need donations for our programs and those links are available on our website under giving. We also need volunteers. The volunteer application is also available on our website. Working together we will become a no kill community. Please visit our website, www.ahumanesociety.org for more information.
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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.
