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Areas City of Columbia Animal Services serves
Columbia
City of Columbia Animal Services's adoption process
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Since all animals available for adoption are already processed (spayed/neutered, wormed, vaccinated, micro-chipped, etc.), it only takes a few minutes to fill out paperwork before you will be ready to bring your new pet home.
Since all animals available for adoption are already processed (spayed/neutered, wormed, vaccinated, micro-chipped, etc.), it only takes a few minutes to fill out paperwork before you will be ready to bring your new pet home.
About City of Columbia Animal Services
The City of Columbia Animal Services Division is responsible for enforcing the City's animal control ordinance, which mandates that all citizens license their animal. They are also charged with the humane care and euthanasia of unwanted pets in the City and Richland County. They also ensure that biting animals are quarantined for rabies and operate a facility that serves as a public place to surrender or adopt pets at their new state of the art adoptions facility.
The City of Columbia Animal Services Division is responsible for enforcing the City's animal control ordinance, which mandates that all citizens license their animal. They are also charged with the humane care and euthanasia of unwanted pets in the City and Richland County. They also ensure that biting animals are quarantined for rabies and operate a facility that serves as a public place to surrender or adopt pets at their new state of the art adoptions facility.
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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.
