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Adopt A Pet - The Animal Rescue Charity
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Adopting A Pet 6 Step process

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Biscuit
Application
Browse or search our animals, ready for rehoming on our website. Once you have selected your companion please contact us on the number, below. Please make sure if you are in rented accommodation that your landlord has agreed in writing to you having a pet before making an application.
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Application Reviewed
Our team will review your application and get back to you as soon as they can, therefore, please be patient and allow atleast 7 days. Do keep an eye on your junk email. If you don’t hear from us email
Tessa
Meet & Greet
If we think you sound like the best match, we will make contact with you and ask you to visit our sanctuary in order to meet and greet. If you intend to rehome a companion, we will ask that you spend time with them. Depending on the animals background, we may ask that you visit on more than one occasion.
Baloo
Decision
Occasionally we may invite more than one potential home to view an animal. Our homing committee meet once a week and discuss the applications. A decision will be made based on interaction shown at the meet & greet and the best partnership for the animal in question.
George
Home Visit
Once our homing team is happy that the right match has been found, one of our friendly homing team will visit you. This is simply to check that your home is safe and suitable for the companion you have been matched with.
Lilly
It's Time To Collect
Once these steps have been successfully completed, you will need to sign the Rehoming Agreement and leave a suitable donation. We will send your companion home with 1 months free insurance and vaccination certificates.
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Adoption Enquiry

If you would like to find our more information about the animals we have for adoption please call 01279 501547 and speak to a member of our team. We will run through some questions with you and help you to find which furbaby best suits your needs.

Please be patient, during busy times you may need to leave a message with your contact details but we will get back to you as soon as we can.
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Your generosity could change the future for many unwanted and abandoned pets.

There are lots of ways you can help us – by giving us your time, money, sponsorship or leaving a legacy.

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Adopting A Pet

We are very proud of our excellent success rate for pairing our animals with the ideal family

Giving Up A Pet

Learn more about the process we go through when bringing animals into our care

Help Us With Fundraising

We are currently looking for members to create a volunteer fundraising team.

This will involve a few hours of your time creating and or attending fundraising events. If you have any experience in organising events or feel you could give your time we would love to hear from you.

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Foxdells, Farnham Road, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 1JB

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Mon to Sat – 9am to 4pm

Sunday – 9am to 3pm

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