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Central Kentucky area including Mt. Sterling, Winchester, Lexington and other areas when contacted.
Gateway Area Humane Society, Inc.'s adoption process
Additional adoption info
Our adoption application is online and is required. You may fill out an application here: http://www.gatewayareahumane.com/adopt-form.html. We require a vet reference that can be verified. Large dogs must be going to a home with a fenced yard or on a farm not close to a highway. Contract requires that the animal be returned to us if the adopter cannot keep or does not want to keep the animal. Adoption fees vary.
Our adoption application is online and is required. You may fill out an application here: http://www.gatewayareahumane.com/adopt-form.html. We require a vet reference that can be verified. Large dogs must be going to a home with a fenced yard or on a farm not close to a highway. Contract requires that the animal be returned to us if the adopter cannot keep or does not want to keep the animal. Adoption fees vary.
About Gateway Area Humane Society, Inc.
We are a humane society that was established in 1982. For quite some time we have worked without a physical facility doing neglect, cruelty investigations and follow-ups, as well as rescue and adoptions from the county shelter and directly from the community. We work with a humane society in New Hampshire and transport dogs there several times per year in addition to doing local adoptions. We have just finished building a small shelter/spay neuter clinic. We are located in an area that has a high-kill county shelter and believe that the only long term solution is to promote spaying and neutering in every way possible.
We are a humane society that was established in 1982. For quite some time we have worked without a physical facility doing neglect, cruelty investigations and follow-ups, as well as rescue and adoptions from the county shelter and directly from the community. We work with a humane society in New Hampshire and transport dogs there several times per year in addition to doing local adoptions. We have just finished building a small shelter/spay neuter clinic. We are located in an area that has a high-kill county shelter and believe that the only long term solution is to promote spaying and neutering in every way possible.
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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.
