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To have an electronic application sent to you please email the shelter at info@columbiaanimalshelter.com
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Approve Application
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Visit the Facility and Find a Pet
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Sign Adoption Contract
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Pay Fee
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Take the Pet Home
Additional adoption info
You must provide proof if renting, that you have landlord permission to have a pet. If you have other pets, they must be current on their rabies vaccination.
You must provide proof if renting, that you have landlord permission to have a pet. If you have other pets, they must be current on their rabies vaccination.
Columbia Animal Shelter is dedicated to the rescue and re-homing of at-risk companion animals while providing quality healthcare and adoption services. We are committed to participating in community collaborations and offering outstanding humane education opportunities to further our goal of a more humane community.
Columbia Animal Shelter is dedicated to the rescue and re-homing of at-risk companion animals while providing quality healthcare and adoption services. We are committed to participating in community collaborations and offering outstanding humane education opportunities to further our goal of a more humane community.
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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.
