![]() ![]() Adult animals are typically experienced with living in houses among people or other pets and will settle into a new home easily.ĪWA is a participant in the Seniors for Seniors: Pet Adoption Senior Companion Program. “What people don’t realize are the plenty of positive reasons for adopting an adult animal.Īdopting a senior animal comes with a number of benefits such as an established personality, calm demeanor, basic obedience training and house training. “Senior pets tend to be overlooked and often stay with us at the shelter for longer than 30 days,” says AWA Executive Director Maya Richmond. Animal Welfare Association’s (AWA) Seniors for Seniors and Can’t Buy Me Love adoption programs waive adoption fees to help more senior animals find their forever homes. The Adoption Office is closed on Sunday's and all major holidays.VOORHEES – Senior animals are usually the last to be adopted from a shelter – according to the ASPCA, senior dogs only have a 25 percent adoption rate compared to the 60 percent adoption rate for young dogs and puppies. We are open to view and/or adopt an animal the following days: Monday's 8AM - 4PM, Tuesday's through Thursday's 8AM -6PM, Friday's & Saturday's 8AM - 4:30PM. And understand that going through the process the way we do really is the best policy - for all of us. ![]() And a bad adoption experience can sour some people on dogs or cats - or on shelter animals - for life. We want you to understand that it's stressful and upsetting - in fact, downright devastating - for the animals, for our staff, and most importantly, for you when adoptions don't work out and pets have to come back to us. We don't ever mean to be frustrating to or evasive with you. ![]() Unfortunately, because of tremendous demands on our kennel space, all adoptions must be done on a first-come, first-serve basis, and the first good, properly-qualified prospective home will get the pet. Please note, as a general rule, we cannot hold animals for anyone. If the animal is not Spayed/Neutered at the time of your adoption, an appointment will be made for surgery and the animal will be delivered to the veterinarian where the new owner can pick up their pet after surgery.
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