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.
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 andhttp://www.awla. org/animal- rescue-surrender .shtml
and http://www.awla. org/community- services. shtml
Alexandria Shelter
http://alexandriaan imals.org/ ~awla/give. cfmAgain, 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/