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We serve all rural communities in the Morgan county general area when space allows.
Stover Animal Rescue's adoption process
1.
Visit the Facility and Find a Pet
Make an appointment to check out some choices for your next best friend by calling, emailing, or completing an application on our website.
2.
Submit Application
Submit your application. We check with your vet, do a home visit, and speak with you about what you're looking for in a new pet.
3.
Meet the Pet
Come meet your potential new family member and their caregiver(s). Bring your current family & pet(s) with you to insure compatibility.
4.
Sign Adoption Contract
Complete the adoption paperwork and pay the adoption fee - which covers a portion of the cost of rescue.
5.
Take the Pet Home
Please give your new family member time to adjust to your home - they are unfamiliar with their new life, be patient and kind with them.
Additional adoption info
We require an adoption application, screening to ensure all current or previous pets have been vaccinated and spayed/neutered, and an adoption contract. A home check may be required, depending on individual circumstances. We want you to succeed, and will provide support and referrals for you as needed.
Regular adoption fees are $105 for dogs and $45 for cats, which include age-appropriate vaccinations, rabies, spay/neuter, worming and flea preventative.
Before adoption we make every effort to assure
your new pet is healthy, but you will need to have
the pet examined by your own vet within a week
to check for good health.
• Any animal leaving our shelter is required by law
to be spayed or neutered!
• Dog adoption fees begin at $105 depending on
vet bills – this includes spay or neuter,
worming, rabies and DA2PP vaccinations.
Adopters of dogs and/or puppies will need a
fenced area or an alternative for exercise, a veterinarian for reference, and other
evidences of their ability to provide good care to the
animal as a member of the family.
• Cat adoption fees start at $45 and include spay or
neuter, worming, rabies and FVRCP vaccinations. All cats are planned to be inside cats – although
occasionally we have a cat or cat family that would be suitable or outside or barn cats. Spay and neuter and
vet requirements are the same as for dogs.
We require an adoption application, screening to ensure all current or previous pets have been vaccinated and spayed/neutered, and an adoption contract. A home check may be required, depending on individual circumstances. We want you to succeed, and will provide support and referrals for you as needed.
Regular adoption fees are $105 for dogs and $45 for cats, which include age-appropriate vaccinations, rabies, spay/neuter, worming and flea preventative.
Before adoption we make every effort to assure
your new pet is healthy, but you will need to have
the pet examined by your own vet within a week
to check for good health.
• Any animal leaving our shelter is required by law
to be spayed or neutered!
• Dog adoption fees begin at $105 depending on
vet bills – this includes spay or neuter,
worming, rabies and DA2PP vaccinations.
Adopters of dogs and/or puppies will need a
fenced area or an alternative for exercise, a veterinarian for reference, and other
evidences of their ability to provide good care to the
animal as a member of the family.
• Cat adoption fees start at $45 and include spay or
neuter, worming, rabies and FVRCP vaccinations. All cats are planned to be inside cats – although
occasionally we have a cat or cat family that would be suitable or outside or barn cats. Spay and neuter and
vet requirements are the same as for dogs.
HISTORY
Carol Sue Weigel (1939-2015), a lifelong animal advocate, started Stover Animal Rescue in 2005 by obtaining a federal 501(c)3 tax exempt IRS designation, as well as all the appropriate Missouri licenses and legal requirements for a non-profit animal rescue. Carol Sue worked tirelessly to encourage friends and acquaintances to help support her efforts with donations of time, money, transportation, and thrift shop and animal care items. After the property at 709 W. 4th Street in Stover was donated to the shelter, the owners of Morrow Scrivner Funeral Home donated their old building to her.
CURRENT
We are a small rural 501(c)3 public animal rescue charity – continuing to operate completely by unpaid volunteers. In August 2016 the name of the shelter was changed back to Stover Animal Rescue. Since then, we have taken in abused, abandoned, and stray cats and dogs as we have space and the resources to care for them; we rehab them and get them healthy, and then try to find the best match for a forever home. As a NO-Kill shelter, animals are only euthanized if mental or physical illness makes a reasonable quality of life impossible – and this decision would be determined by a licensed veterinarian.
FUTURE
In addition to improving our coordination of volunteer opportunities for seniors and students, we plan for building and grounds improvement; and assisting to provide local community services such as low cost spay/neuter or vet clinic days, education events, trap-neuter-return community services, and other animal-related programs. We hope to expand our animal rescue and sanctuary efforts to an acreage donated for that purpose.
HISTORY
Carol Sue Weigel (1939-2015), a lifelong animal advocate, started Stover Animal Rescue in 2005 by obtaining a federal 501(c)3 tax exempt IRS designation, as well as all the appropriate Missouri licenses and legal requirements for a non-profit animal rescue. Carol Sue worked tirelessly to encourage friends and acquaintances to help support her efforts with donations of time, money, transportation, and thrift shop and animal care items. After the property at 709 W. 4th Street in Stover was donated to the shelter, the owners of Morrow Scrivner Funeral Home donated their old building to her.
CURRENT
We are a small rural 501(c)3 public animal rescue charity – continuing to operate completely by unpaid volunteers. In August 2016 the name of the shelter was changed back to Stover Animal Rescue. Since then, we have taken in abused, abandoned, and stray cats and dogs as we have space and the resources to care for them; we rehab them and get them healthy, and then try to find the best match for a forever home. As a NO-Kill shelter, animals are only euthanized if mental or physical illness makes a reasonable quality of life impossible – and this decision would be determined by a licensed veterinarian.
FUTURE
In addition to improving our coordination of volunteer opportunities for seniors and students, we plan for building and grounds improvement; and assisting to provide local community services such as low cost spay/neuter or vet clinic days, education events, trap-neuter-return community services, and other animal-related programs. We hope to expand our animal rescue and sanctuary efforts to an acreage donated for that purpose.
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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.
