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Pet Adoption Sites
Animals who outlive their owners face uncertain fates. Under the best circumstances, a family member or friend cares for
your pet for the rest of its life. If not, your pet goes to a shelter, is euthanized, or is simply let out the front door. The Humane
Society of the United States estimates six to eight million dogs and cats enter shelters annually. Only half are adopted.
We suggest a pet trust. This legal document—recognized in 39 states and the District of Columbia—outlines the continued
care and maintenance of domestic animals and names new caregivers or directs trustees to find new homes for pets.
"A trustee has a legal duty of carrying out your wishes."
Some animal lovers don't advertise the fact that money cna be part of the deal. Some pet owners reveal that upon their death,
there are 10 people listed as potential trustees to take care of their pets. What the new caregiver won't know at first is that
the estate is instructed to award the person $10,000, or what ever you want the amount to be, if the pet is still with him or her
after six months.
Want even more security for your pet? Name someone other than the caregiver as trustee to dole out the cash. This reduces
the risk of someone taking the money, but selling or destroying your pet.
Bottom Line:
Just as you would if you were picking a guardian for a child, talk to potential caregivers for your pets.
Find someone you trust. After all, what you really want is someone who will love your pet.
Pets 911 (www.pets911.com)
They believe that if you consolidate all the adoption, lost and found, veterinarian/emergency clinic, fostering, volunteer, shelter/clinic, and health and training information out there and give the public a single and easy place to find this information; education will substantially increase and euthanasia will decrease. That is our mission.
Petfinder (www.petfinder.com)
The virtual home of 312,206 adoptable pets from 12,657 adoption groups.Want to give a pet as a gift? Give our Pet Promise Certificate instead! With the Pet Promise Certificate, your loved one can adopt the pet that best suits his or her lifestyle and you promise to cover
the adoption fees for the new family member. In addition, the Certificate features a New Adopter's Pledge that promotes responsible
pet parenting.
The Humane Society of the United States (www.hsus.org)
The animal shelter is your top source for a new pet, and our pet-care experts have compiled all the information you'll need to find your
nearest shelter, select a pet who matches your lifestyle, and more below. You can also find more resources at our Pet Adoption page.
Web Ring (www.webring.com)
This ring is a collection of the greatest pet rescue and adoption sites on the Internet today. Here, you could find pet rescue and pet adoption information, heartwarming pet rescue stories, or pet adoption resources. If you're interested in pet rescue or pet adoption, come see these sites!
World Wildlife Foundation (www.worldwildlife.org)
From our start in 1961, WWF has worked toward the protection of endangered species. We're ensuring that the world our children inherit will be home to elephants, tigers, giant pandas, whales and other wildlife species, as well as people. Adopt an Animal - Make a symbolic animal adoption to help save some of the world's most endangered animals from extinction and support WWF's conservation efforts.
Petango (www.petango.com)
They are a real-time searchable database of pets in need of loving homes. Petango's mission is to support the adoption of homeless pets throughout North America by assisting animal welfare organizations in finding homes for these pets, as well as facilitate the thousands of families looking to welcome these pets into their homes each year. Through the creation of an advanced and easy to use website, Petango hopes to increase the number of adoptable pets finding homes and decrease the strain on animal welfare organizations currently housing these pets.
Adopt A Pet (www.adoptapet.com)
They are a non-profit pet adoption charity (formerly 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com) that helps shelters, humane societies, SPCAs, pet rescue groups, and pet adoption agencies advertise their homeless pets to adopters for free. We're all about getting homeless pets into homes. We use the power of TV, the Internet and a toll-free phone number to connect adopters with shelter pets and help pets go from alone to adopted. We're working to help the good people at shelters and rescue groups find homes for their pets.
Animal Friends (www.Animal-Friends.org)
They are a premier companion animal resource center and are committed to nurturing and promoting the animal-human bond and
creating a community where our relationship with companion animals is guided bycompassion. They have placed over 2,200 dogs,
cats, and rabbits into loving homes each year, as well as serving tens of thousands of people through their pet-focused therapeutic and educational programs.
Dogs In Danger (www.dogsindanger.com)
A nonprofit national shelter outreach program at the forefront of a grassroots movement trying to help shelters save the lives of millions of innocent dogs. As a nonprofit organization, we seek no other gain except for the happiness we see in the face of a dog as he faithfully walks out through the shelter doors, in perfect step with his loving new family.
The Animal Rescue League (www.animalrescue.org)
They are relied on as a resource for adoption, foster homes, veterinary care, behavioral training and animal welfare advocacy. They consider the unique needs of all the animals in their care and work compassionately to prepare every safe, appropriately socialized pet for a wonderful new life.
Western Pennsylvania Humane Society (www.wpahumane.com)
A non-profit organization dedicated to finding homes for lost, abused, and abandoned cats and dogs, and giving animals a full quality life. They never execute unplaced animals, and they are a cageless shelter, using cages only in extreme circumstances. They are an open door shelter and accept all animals. Please consider adopting, fostering or donating funds to help us give as many a chance for a new, permanent, loving home.
Australian Cattle Dog Rescue Association (www.acdra.org)
They are a privately-funded non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. They are a network of volunteers whose goal is to match displaced ACDs with suitable homes while also educating the public about these highly energetic and intelligent dogs. They provide a web presence for the shelters who have happened upon these unique dogs as well as a resource for the foster homes who socialize them in a family setting.
Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley (www.animalprotectors.net)
They are not an open door shelter. Shelters with open-door policies accept every animal regardless of shelter space. Animal Protectors is a no-kill shelter. We work primarily with dogs and cats in the New Kensington area that have been found running at large, as strays, or as abuse cases. When the shelter is full to capacity, we can no longer accept any more animals. Animals are cared for at Animal Protectors until they are found loving and safe homes.
Little Shelter (www.littleshelter.com)
They are one of Long Island's oldest no-kill shelters and are dedicated to saving all companion animals whose lives are in jeopardy. Through rescue from kill facilities, rehabilitation of sick and un-socialized pets, and a 100% spay/neuter program, Little Shelter hopes to end pet overpopulation and place all dogs and cats in loving homes. Located in Huntington, Little Shelter is the only animal organization outside New York City that is a member of the Mayor's Alliance.
Animal House Shelter (www.animalhouseshelter.com)
They rescue abused and neglected dogs and cats and rehabilitates them mentally & physically in order to place them with the best new family. We rescue 98% of our dogs from high 'kill' shelters, pounds and various animal control facilities in which they are usually listed as strays, and almost always scheduled to be euthanized.
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