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Areas Athens Area Humane Society serves
Athens-Clarke County and Oconee County
Athens Area Humane Society's adoption process
Additional adoption info
AAHS has many wonderful pets waiting to be loved. Our Adoption Counselors can assist in finding a good match for you. You can even see available pets online!
Step 1: Complete an adoption application and ask any questions you may have. As part of the adoption, your Adoption Counselor will ask for a veterinary reference and landlord approval.
Step 2: Your Adoption Counselor will review your application with you and go over how to get your home ready for your new pet. Preparing ahead for the newest arrival helps your pet feel safe and relaxed as it makes the big move from shelter to forever home. If you are already prepared to bring your new pet home, he or she can go home with you as early as the same day!
Step 3: Your Adoption Counselor will work with you to answer any questions you have and will go over your new pet's history and medical information. You'll also pay the adoption fee and sign the Adoption Agreement, which officially transfers your new pet's ownership to you.
Step 4: Take home the newest member of your family! Please don't hesitate to call on AAHS if we can be of any assistance, even after the adoption process is complete.
AAHS has many wonderful pets waiting to be loved. Our Adoption Counselors can assist in finding a good match for you. You can even see available pets online!
Step 1: Complete an adoption application and ask any questions you may have. As part of the adoption, your Adoption Counselor will ask for a veterinary reference and landlord approval.
Step 2: Your Adoption Counselor will review your application with you and go over how to get your home ready for your new pet. Preparing ahead for the newest arrival helps your pet feel safe and relaxed as it makes the big move from shelter to forever home. If you are already prepared to bring your new pet home, he or she can go home with you as early as the same day!
Step 3: Your Adoption Counselor will work with you to answer any questions you have and will go over your new pet's history and medical information. You'll also pay the adoption fee and sign the Adoption Agreement, which officially transfers your new pet's ownership to you.
Step 4: Take home the newest member of your family! Please don't hesitate to call on AAHS if we can be of any assistance, even after the adoption process is complete.
The Athens Area Humane Society is a donor-supported no-kill, nonprofit organization dedicated to lowering area euthanasia rates through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter, education, and pet retention programs.
The Athens Area Humane Society is a donor-supported no-kill, nonprofit organization dedicated to lowering area euthanasia rates through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter, education, and pet retention programs.
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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.
