Adoptions

Tell us about your home

Garden, children, other animals, and how much of the day somebody is in. We match on that, not on looks.

A family gathered round a golden retriever in a sunny garden
How we match

On your life, not on looks.

Tell us about your home: the garden, the children, the other animals and how much of the day somebody is in. We suggest the animals who would be happy there, and say honestly if none of them would.

GardenChildren and agesOther petsHours at homeExperienceRenting? We need the landlord’s yes

Adoption fee: $175 for a dog, $95 for a cat, which covers the vaccinations and the chip.

Adopting, step by step

About a week, and no rush.

1

Tell us about your home

The form at the top of this page. Five minutes.

2

Meet them

In the meeting room, not through the bars. Twice if you want to.

3

A home visit

Short, friendly, to help the animal settle rather than to judge.

4

Take them home

With their food, their blanket, and our number for the first weeks.

Common questions

Adopting

A conversation, a home visit and a meeting with the animal. About a week.

Yes, and it covers vaccination, neutering and microchipping - less than they cost us.

Bring them back to us, whenever. That promise has no expiry date.
Cannot adopt?

Three other ways in, and all of them count.

Two cats in a white cattery unit

Foster

A spare room for a few weeks, usually for kittens or a dog who does not cope in kennels. We pay for the food and the vet.

A volunteer walking a golden retriever down a tree-lined lane

Volunteer

Dog walking, cleaning, driving to the vet, sitting with the nervous ones. Saturdays are the hardest to fill.

A tabby cat lying relaxed on a blanket

Give monthly

Food, vaccinations and the vet bills we cannot plan for. The donate page takes a minute.

A fawn puppy resting on blankets inside a kennel run
Give monthly

A small monthly gift feeds the ones still here.

Monthly is worth more than it sounds: it is the only part of the budget we can plan around, and it is what lets us say yes when somebody rings about an animal.

Give what you can