Dearborn County Friends of Animals Inc.
Our Mission
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Mission Statement
We are a committed, thoughtful group of volunteers who strive to provide assistance for unwanted, lost and neglected animals by providing humane education, veterinary care, animal rescue and by actively encouraging pet population control through spay and neuter.
Helping Homeless Animals Get a Second Chance at Life...
We have a network of foster homes and take in dogs and cats who have been found as strays, given up by their owners, and taken from area shelters to make more room there for other anima
Adoption Policy
All foster animals are adopted to be inside pets only. Adopters must sign an adoption contract agreeing to be responsible pet owners and pay an adoption fee, which is generally $200 for dogs/puppies & $75 for cats/kittens. The foster dogs and cats are up-to-date on rabies and booster vaccines, wormed, checked for heartworm if over six months of age, and spayed or neutered prior to adoption. The adoption fee helps us recoup these costs so we can take in another homeless animal. They have been living in a home with one of our volunteers and, most likely, several other dogs and/or cats and are either housetrained or on their way to being housetrained.
Local adoptions are arranged after conversation and agreement between the foster family and the potential adopter. We reserve the right to require a completed adoption application and/or to conduct a home visit and/or to require a vet reference.Â
Adoptions out of our local area will require a vet reference and we re
