If you are looking for a new pet, we invite you to visit the
animals at the Animal Management Facility. Our expert staff will
assist you in selecting the right pet for your household. We strongly
encourage all the members of your family to “get acquainted” with
the pet before making your final selection.
After selecting a pet for adoption,
you will be required to complete an Adoption Application Form.
The adoption
process is completed after the form has been approved and all
the adoption fees have been paid.
Adoption Rules
There are no immediate
adoptions. You must select an animal, submit an application
in person at the Animal
Management Facility and be approved to select an animal
for adoption. This approval can take up to 7 to 10 days.
Animals
are placed as household pets only. You are not permitted to
adopt animals for guarding,
hunting
or mousers.
In accordance with Prince George's County
law, all female pets MUST be spayed and all male pets neutered
The
entire family living within the household must agree
with the selection of the pet. Interaction between puppies and kittens
with
children under
the age
of 5 months old is required before adoption. A responsible
adult must sign the adoption agreement and accept responsibility
for the pet.
People
living in rental housing must have written approval,
verifiable by the proper authority, that the animal applied for is
acceptable in the housing.
The
animal must be maintained in accordance with the licensing
and other laws of the community in which it resides
and be provided with routine
and emergency
veterinary care as required.
Adopted animals may not be
transferred to another owner or otherwise disposed
of, but must be returned
to the Prince George's County Animal Management Division
if no longer wanted.
A
representative of the Facility may call, inspect and
inquire about the animal before and, periodically, after it is placed.
It
is the objective of the Animal Management Division
to place pets from the Facility
in the
most suitable home available for both the pet and
the family. We reserve the right not to place an animal, to refuse
or deny any application,
or
to make recommendations to consider another selection.
Citizens and residents adopting a pet
from the Animal Management Facility
may pay
for adoption fees by cash or Discover Card only.
Adoption Fees
For dogs
$15
For cats
$10
License (if applicable)
$25 for unaltered dogs and cats
License (if applicable)
$5 for altered dogs and cats
Microchip fee
$15 for dogs and cats
All animals adopted from the Animal Management
Facility are spayed and neutered before they leave. Once approved,
new adopters pay for the alter fees at the Society for the
Prevention for Cruelty to Animal (SPCA) Spay/Neuter Clinic
across the street from the Facility.
Spay/Neuter (alter) fee
$60 for male dogs
$70 for female dogs
$25 for male cats
$40
for female cats
NOTE: ONLY animals adopted from the Animal Management
Facility will be eligible for the prices listed above.
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