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Areas Kankakee County Animal Control & Adoption Center serves
Yes, we adopt out of county and out of state to approved applicants. Please have veterinary contact information and medical records for currently owned pets available at time of adoption.
Kankakee County Animal Control & Adoption Center's adoption process
Additional adoption info
Adoption applications are available at the shelter, via e-mail and fax. Many of our adoptions are same day and we cannot put any animal on hold since we are limited on space. Please allow at least 20 minutes for paperwork when you arrive.
Canine adoption fee $100 includes: DAPP-C, IT3 (kennel cough) & 1yr rabies vaccinations (includes registration & county tag if in Kankakee County), $60 spay/neuter voucher, fecal testing/de-worming, microchip & national registration.
Feline adoption fee $70 includes: FVRCP, 1yr rabies vaccinations (includes reg. & tag if in Kankakee County), $30 spay/neuter voucher, fecal testing/de-worming, microchip & natl reg. $5 additional for travel carrier.
Other animals: adoption fee assessed on individual basis and will be posted on the animal's profile.
Adoption applications are available at the shelter, via e-mail and fax. Many of our adoptions are same day and we cannot put any animal on hold since we are limited on space. Please allow at least 20 minutes for paperwork when you arrive.
Canine adoption fee $100 includes: DAPP-C, IT3 (kennel cough) & 1yr rabies vaccinations (includes registration & county tag if in Kankakee County), $60 spay/neuter voucher, fecal testing/de-worming, microchip & national registration.
Feline adoption fee $70 includes: FVRCP, 1yr rabies vaccinations (includes reg. & tag if in Kankakee County), $30 spay/neuter voucher, fecal testing/de-worming, microchip & natl reg. $5 additional for travel carrier.
Other animals: adoption fee assessed on individual basis and will be posted on the animal's profile.
About Kankakee County Animal Control & Adoption Center
We are a governmental agency catering to the many stray, abandoned, neglected and needy pets within Kankakee County. We are committed to educating the public on animal welfare & care including necessity of vaccinating, microchiping and spay/neuter to reduce pet over-population.
Many of these animals come to us as strays or their owners refuse to care for them. We work very hard with very limited resources to provide these animals with all they need and to find them new, loving and permanent homes.
However, we stand firm with the following: * We will not accept, nor allow to be placed on us, the guilt that belongs to the owners of these pets. We did not cause these pets to become a problem or inconvience to their owners, we did not cause their owners to move, to have children, to become allergic, or to become ill.
We are a governmental agency catering to the many stray, abandoned, neglected and needy pets within Kankakee County. We are committed to educating the public on animal welfare & care including necessity of vaccinating, microchiping and spay/neuter to reduce pet over-population.
Many of these animals come to us as strays or their owners refuse to care for them. We work very hard with very limited resources to provide these animals with all they need and to find them new, loving and permanent homes.
However, we stand firm with the following: * We will not accept, nor allow to be placed on us, the guilt that belongs to the owners of these pets. We did not cause these pets to become a problem or inconvience to their owners, we did not cause their owners to move, to have children, to become allergic, or to become ill.
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