Portage Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)

Additional adoption info

Step 1:  Adoption Application
 
If you would like to adopt an animal from the Portage Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), you must first complete an adoption application.  Copies of the application form are available by downloading the link below or by contacting the Society at
portageanimalwelfaresociety@hotmail.com or 204-857-PAWS.
 
Once you have completed the adoption application, we will proceed with a background
check.  The background check consists of: 

(1) an interview with you, during which you will be asked to provide proof of identity; and
(2) veterinary reference checks, particularly if you have other animals at home and personal reference checks.
 
 
Step 3:  Adoption Contract and Fee
 
Upon successful completion of the background check, you will be asked to sign an adoption contract and pay the specified adoption fee.  In addition to the wonderful pet you have chosen, the fee includes the cost of veterinary care, de-worming, heartworm-testing (seasonal) and vaccines your pet received while in the care of the Society.  All animals adopted from PAWS are spayed or neutered and tattooed.
 
Adoption Fees (the fee also includes vaccinations and spay/neuter):

Cats

$75.0 which includes spay/neuter and vaccinations.
"Me and my Shadow" Take one cat home for $75 and his or her best friend can go live with you, too. 

Dogs

$225.00 which includes spay/neuter and vaccinations
Puppies under 3 months are $275 (includes spay/neuter and vacs)        
 
 
Please note:

All adoptions are on a first-come, first-served basis
Animals are available for adoption only to persons approved by the Portage Animal Welfare Society.  Approval is determined based on the successful completion of the adoption process as described above.
For persons living in rental property, the permission of the landlord is required before the adoption can be approved.
The adoption will not be approved if the animal is being adopted as a gift for another person.
Animals are to be kept as household pets only.
Cats must be adopted as indoor pets only and can not be de-clawed.

Adoption application

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