Area Animal Shelters


You can bring animals to out of area open-admission shelters.  You are not limited to your area.

D.C. and Baltimore Shelters with Open Admission Policies where without criticizing any other open-admission shelters, animals sometimes fare better --

 

MD SPCA in Baltimore on Falls Road has a $25 per cat surrender fee,

however, they cannot guarantee placement.  They are developing a program

though to enable you to foster an animal in your home and present him or

her on their website. 

See: http://www.mdspca. org

and http://www.mdspca. org/adoption/ rehoming. html

 

Montgomery County animal shelter.

http://www.mchumane .org

(see: http://www.mchumane .org/shelterstat s.shtml and

http://www.mchumane .org/rescue. shtml )

 

Annapolis SPCA  (They work hard to save, but are pretty loaded.  If a cat is 

potentially harder to adopt due to age, temperament, any medical concerns

I would ask beforehand as to the potential longevity of the cat's stay.)

http://www.aacspca. org/information/

 

 

In suburban Virginia:

 

Arlington Shelter

http://www.awla. org/index. shtml and

 http://www.awla. org/animal- rescue-surrender .shtml

and http://www.awla. org/community- services. shtml

 

Alexandria Shelter

http://alexandriaan imals.org/ ~awla/give. cfm

Again, no guarantees but better than some alternatives.

 

Fairfax Shelter works with a large number of placement groups but does

not always accept out of area animals (or at least I think so).

http://www.fairfaxc ounty.gov/ police/animalser vices/

 

A donation, even when bringing an animal to municipal open-admission shelter, never hurts as the  person at the intake coordinator decides on the dispostion of your animal.  Also, remember to bring all medical paperwork, and any other information, including any paperwork from when you acquired the animal, whether you acquired the animal from a private individual, shelter or animal placement organization group or a breeder.