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Cabarrus County Animal Shelter

244 Betsy Carpenter Place SW, Concord, NC 28025

Contact Katelyn Jones
Email adoptcabarrus@cabarruscounty.us
Phone (704) 920-3298
cats, dogs, rabbits, reptiles & small animals at Cabarrus County Animal Shelter

Areas Cabarrus County Animal Shelter serves

Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Cabarrus County Animal Shelter's adoption process

1.

Visit the Facility and Find a Pet

2.

Submit Application

Applications can be filled out in person or online at https://cabarrus.seamlessdocs.com/f/animaladoption

3.

Approve Application

Applications can be pre-approved if you have not yet found the right pet for you. Pre-approved applications are kept on file for six months.

4.

Meet the Pet

Supervised meet and greets can be arranged to ensure that the pet gets along with every member of your family.

5.

Sign Adoption Contract

6.

Pay Fee

Adoption fees are $100 for dogs and $90 for cats. This fee includes basic vetting and testing, vaccines, spay/neuter, and a microchip.

7.

Take the Pet Home

Congrats on the new addition to your family! We will be in touch to make sure everything is going well!

Additional adoption info

All applicants are subject to a vet check and landlord check before approval. Minimum age to adopt is 18, with an approved application. If you live with parents, we require their permission before the adoption can occur.

Adoption application

About Cabarrus County Animal Shelter

The Cabarrus County Animal Shelter is one of the core responsibilities of Cabarrus County Animal Control, a division of the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office. The shelter is an open admission shelter, which means we do not turn away any animal in need. We are a public facility that provides safe temporary shelter for homeless animals while the staff searches for permanent homes for the animals through community adoption or transfers to Rescue Partners. The animal shelter also provides a variety of other services for the community. The animal shelter is NOT a pet boarding facility. While the shelter is open admission, we do require pre-scheduled appointments for all owner surrenders. Please see our hours of operation for details.

Staff at the Cabarrus County Animal Shelter is committed to placing safe and healthy animals in the community by searching for appropriate permanent homes for adoptable animals. We work with approved Rescue Partners locally and nationally to place animals with workable behavior concerns and treatable medical issues with groups with the resources to take on those specific cases. To determine if an animal is adoptable, shelter staff must rule out any underlying medical conditions and/or temperaments that present safety risks to the community. Euthanasia is a last resort. When necessary, euthanasia is carried out with respect to the animals by a Certified Euthanasia Technician following best-practice guidelines set by the NC Department of Agriculture. It is important to Cabarrus County that all animals at the shelter receive care and compassion.

Cabarrus County Animal Shelter's adopted pets

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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.