Adoptions  

-- All SHF animals are 100% recycled! --

     Safe Harbor Farm rescues dogs & cats from several high-kill municipal shelters.  It occasionally acquires animals through owner turn-ins and via other rescue groups.  Although age and the need for medical or surgical care is almost never an issue, all dogs considered for our adoptions program must get 3 1/2 points out of 4 points on our temperament test, and all animals must get along with other cats & dogs.

     Many of these special animals come to us with a gaping emotional wound.  How would you feel if the home you had known for so long suddenly got ripped out from under you?  Or if your family cast you out like a worn-out piece of furniture?  

     When they come to us, each of these critters get a thorough veterinary examination and their heartworm, leukemia and fecal tests, plus their vaccines.  Many need surgery (spays, neuters, wound care, even enucleations & amputations). Some need additional medical care and training.  We do it all.  We put A LOT of work into our foster pets!

     Please keep this in mind when you peruse the pictures of happy faces awaiting new homes.  Safe Harbor Farm is a RESCUE, not a PET STORE.  And thank you for opening your heart and your home to a rescued pet (and not one mass-produced by the greedy and truly horrible puppy mills).

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(click HERE to see who's presently available at Safe Harbor Farm)

(link to our adoption application below)

spay-neuter surgery (a value of $120-240!)
distemper combo vaccine
rabies vaccine
up-to-date FRONTLINE flea prevention
FeLV and FIV testing (cats)
heartworm testing (dogs)
"Think Like a Cat" by Pam Johnson-Bennett (cats)
"Great Dogs, Good Owners" by Brian Kilcommons (dogs)
4# bag of Science Diet
slip-leash (dogs)
One night's free board (cats) at SHF's feline center

SHF Minimal Adoption Donation  

domestic kitty, 7 months old or older      $100
domestic kitty,  up to 7 months old      $120
"purebred" kitty, 1 year or older      $135
"purebred" kitty, under 1 year   $150
declawed kitty, add $45
Multi-cat discount  (domestics only) = $25
(we LOVE adopting friends together!)

dog ("mixes")    $175
dog (“purebreds”) - 1 year or older    $200
dog ("purebreds") - up to one year   $250
Dobermans & Boston Terriers   $300
certain geriatric dogs    $100
Multi-dog discount  = $25
(we LOVE adopting friends together!)

Additional donations always welcome - our adoption fees cover much less than what we spend on most critters we rescue.

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SHF Adoption Policy  

SHF strives to find responsible lifelong homes (10-20 years!)
for the pets that they place. 

A responsible home provides

Existing animals in a responsible home are:

ALL adopted animals MUST be returned to SHF in case their adoptive  family can no longer care for them for any reason.

SHF does not adopt animals to people under 21 years of age.

SHF reserves the right not to adopt a pet to anyone for any reason.

SHF will never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation.

All newly adopted pets should examined by the vet of your choice within three days of adoption, and follow-up visits may be needed (especially for heartworm preventative).

Renters must include a copy of their lease agreement with their adoption application.

Adopters of cats must provide a hard-sided carrier appropriate for the kitty's size.  Living where we have so many hurricanes, we urge everyone to have a carrier ready for each cat in their household, to be used in cases of emergency.