If you are looking for a new pet, we invite you to visit the animals at the Animal Services 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 Services 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
Theentire 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 Group 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 Group 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 Services 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 Services 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
$100 for dogs
$45 for cats
NOTE: ONLY animals adopted from the Animal Services Facility will be eligible for the prices listed above.
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