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cats, birds, dogs, rabbits, reptiles & small animals at Elizabeth Animal Shelter
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Areas Elizabeth Animal Shelter serves
Serving the town of Elizabeth,NJ
Elizabeth Animal Shelter's adoption process
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Visit the Facility and Find a Pet
Please if interested in any pet seen online or other pet at the shelter. Stop by the shelter first to pick up a paper application.
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Pay Fee
Once the application is filled out you must stop at the Elizabeth City Hall at 50 Winfield Scott Plaza
Elizabeth, NJ 07201 Pay adoption fee
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Take the Pet Home
City Hall will accept your adoption fee/license fee and provide you a receipt to show the animal control officer. You then can take pet home
Additional adoption info
We promote adoption as much as we can for all our animals.
As of now there is a $10 dollar fee to adopt an animal from Elizabeth Shelter.
*If living in the City of Elizabeth, all adopted dogs must be fixed within the first 30 days of adoption.
*If you are renting an apartment, you must bring proof of contract agreement with landlord adhering to having a pet in your home.
Assuming all responsibility for the animal, such as annual vet visits and vaccinations, any extra medical expenses, spay/neuter your pet, and city licenses to your respective city.
We promote adoption as much as we can for all our animals.
As of now there is a $10 dollar fee to adopt an animal from Elizabeth Shelter.
*If living in the City of Elizabeth, all adopted dogs must be fixed within the first 30 days of adoption.
*If you are renting an apartment, you must bring proof of contract agreement with landlord adhering to having a pet in your home.
Assuming all responsibility for the animal, such as annual vet visits and vaccinations, any extra medical expenses, spay/neuter your pet, and city licenses to your respective city.
About Elizabeth Animal Shelter
This page is volunteer created and managed to assist the Elizabeth Animal Shelter in finding forever homes for their animals and assessing any of their needs. All of the information comes from volunteers helping the ACO's and the animals of the shelter. If you have any specific questions, please contact the shelter directly at the contact information we have provided.
Please be advised, the Elizabeth Animal Shelter is a kill shelter because of the high volume of animal intakes. The volunteers work endlessly to help the animals have a short stay at the shelter. It's the adopters and fosters that can make this happen!
This page is volunteer created and managed to assist the Elizabeth Animal Shelter in finding forever homes for their animals and assessing any of their needs. All of the information comes from volunteers helping the ACO's and the animals of the shelter. If you have any specific questions, please contact the shelter directly at the contact information we have provided.
Please be advised, the Elizabeth Animal Shelter is a kill shelter because of the high volume of animal intakes. The volunteers work endlessly to help the animals have a short stay at the shelter. It's the adopters and fosters that can make this happen!
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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.
