Get to Know Us News & Lifesaving Impact It's a great way to add to the pet family! The Petco Foundation is committed to helping match wonderful adoptable pets with loving families. Together with Petco and our community partners, the Petco Foundation helps find homes for thousands of dogs, cats, rabbits and other animals every week. While each and every day pets are adopted from Petco stores, on one weekend a month we call all hands on-deck to celebrate adoptions with events across the country at our National Adoption Event Weekends. To adopt a pet, find a Petco location near you. Search adoptable pets in your area through Petfinder's nationwide database of almost 300,000 animals waiting for forever homes. Nonprofit and municipal animal adoption organizations may apply to become an approved adoption partner. learn more about our rating Or connect with us on social media:DepartmentsAdoptions and Available Animals The Chesapeake animal shelter is located at

2100 S. Military Highway. See Pets Currently Available for Adoption » How can I adopt an animal? Chesapeake Animal Services Unit (CASU) may adopt animals to any resident of Chesapeake or adjacent city. Persons who live out of state or who are residents of any city not adjacent to Chesapeake may only adopt animals that are already spayed or neutered or are capable of being done before they leave. Hybrid Wolf Puppies PriceEligible citizens should visit the shelter and make their selection.Reviews On Arizona Discount Movers I love animals, but cannot adopt any more than I already have. Car Tyres In BristolHow can I help homeless animals? Many of us are in exactly the same situation! Our homes are full, but our hearts still have plenty of room.

If you cannot adopt, you can sponsor the adoption of a deserving animal through the “Guardian Angel” program. What kind of animals do you have for adoption? Some people erroneously assume that most animals are turned into shelters because they are "bad" or something is wrong with them. Most animals arrive at shelters because owners lost them and don't look for them, or because owners did not realize what a responsibility owning a pet is, owners may be moving, families break up, or children are allergic, etc., etc. — All reasons that have nothing to do with what a wonderful pet the animal may be. Just check out our Facebook page to see some of the wonderful animals that have been adopted us into their forever homes. What is the adoption process? Visiting and Adoption hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 12 noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday, and 12 noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The shelter is closed Wednesday and holidays. Interested persons will be asked to complete an adoption application.

Adopters must have an approved application, and all lawfully required rabies vaccinations and city licenses on any pets they currently own before adopting a new pet. Renters are encouraged to discuss their intention to adopt a pet with their landlord prior to adoption. Download an adoption application now: To adopt an animal, you must present valid identification showing your current residence. Persons convicted of cruelty, abuse or other serious animal ordinance violations may not adopt. Chesapeake Animal Services Unit reserves the right to refuse adoptions not in the best interest of the animal or community. You will be asked to sign an adoption contract promising to keep the animal only as a pet, and to abide by the laws for the control and protection of animals. All dogs and cats must be spayed or neutered before transfer of custody to an adopter, unless there is a medical reason prohibiting surgery prior to adoption. How much does it cost to adopt? The adoption fee for small animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs, birds, small reptiles, livestock, etc. will be set administratively and depend on the type of animal.

You will need to ask the shelter office staff about the particular animal you want. For dogs and cats, the adoption fee is $35.00 plus the cost of spay/neuter surgery, rabies vaccination and micro chip implantation. All adopted dogs and cats must be spayed or neutered prior to release unless there is a medical reason why surgery cannot be done at that time. Most adopters will choose the Chesapeake Humane Society Care Clinic, a low cost spay/neuter clinic operated by the Chesapeake Humane Society for the surgery, rabies vaccination and micro chip. The cost is $70 for dogs and $40 for cats. PAYMENT FOR SURGERY, VACCINATION AND MICRO CHIP MUST BE MADE AT THE TIME OF ADOPTION. Adopters who wish to use their own veterinarian for these procedures may discuss those arrangements with the CAS office staff at the time of adoption. CAS is committed to reducing pet overpopulation. Eight million American dogs and cats are destroyed each year simply because they are surplus. Our shelter handles approximately 4,000 animals each year.

Nearly 1,200 of them are euthanized because their owners do not claim them or no one adopts them. Spaying and neutering is the law for dogs and cats adopted from shelters. Why does it cost to adopt when so many animals need homes, why not give them away? Free pets are a major reason for the epidemic pet overpopulation in our country today. Cheap and free pets are easily acquired without a true commitment, or thought about the responsibility involved. Often not vaccinated or neutered (why spend money on something free?!!), they are also easily discarded. These animals reproduce at alarming rates further increasing the pet overpopulation problem. In our country today, the birth rate of dogs and cats is six times the human birth rate, and approximately eight million of these unfortunate animals are euthanized each year simply because they are "surplus". Our shelter receives about 4,000 animals each year. Far too many of them are never claimed by their owners or adopted. Still... $75.00 for a cat and $105 for a dog...