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Apply at http://www.thinkingoutsidethecage.org/ After your application is submitted, you will be contacted by one of our Adoption Counselors (typically within 48 hours). Your next step is to come to Animal Friends to meet the animal! Please be sure to review our adoption guidelines before visiting.
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Phone: 412.847.7000
Our phone answers Monday through Friday from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. We receive a high volume of calls so please consider leaving a message if our receptionist is helping someone else and your call will be promptly returned!
Apply at http://www.thinkingoutsidethecage.org/ After your application is submitted, you will be contacted by one of our Adoption Counselors (typically within 48 hours). Your next step is to come to Animal Friends to meet the animal! Please be sure to review our adoption guidelines before visiting.
Contact Us
Phone: 412.847.7000
Our phone answers Monday through Friday from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. We receive a high volume of calls so please consider leaving a message if our receptionist is helping someone else and your call will be promptly returned!
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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.
