Dogs/Cats

Friends Of Pets

Anchorage, AK 99524

About

Friends of Pets provides vital animal welfare and protective services for abandoned animals, with respect, compassion and integrity. We intervene to reduce the euthanasia rates at the Anchorage Animal Care & Control Center, to promote responsible pet ownership and to improve the quality of life for companion animals.

Pets available

Dogs Cats

Adoption process

The fastest method is to complete our online adoption application, which usually takes 15-30 minutes to complete. If you prefer, you can download a hard copy of our adoption application, complete it and send it in by regular mail. Or call our Information center and leave a message, and within 48 hours a volunteer will return your call within 48 hours to take your application over the phone. The adoption fee for cats is $100. The adoption fee for dogs is $200. This fee helps to subsidize a portion of the medical intervention and other care we invest to prepare animals for adoption. All pets are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and are microchipped for permanent identification. FOP pets have also received any needed medical treatment, with those costs (usually $400 – $800 minimum) paid by the generosity of our donors. When you apply online, you will see a confirmation response that your application has been received. We ask that you not also call or email only to confirm this. Please be patient in awaiting a response, and allow at least 7 days for your application to be reviewed. The rescue and adoption process is handled entirely by volunteers with jobs, families, and pets of their own. A popular pet may get dozens of applications. We do much of our volunteer placement work in the evenings and on weekends. Where possible, we make extensive use of email since it allows volunteers to respond to you at late hours. PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FILTERS OR JUNK MAIL FOLDERS! Each pet’s status is labeled next to its photo. If the pet you are interested in shows as in trial adoption or already adopted, you will know that another family has been matched with that pet. In some cases you may see the animal return to the available list, if the trial adoption did not result in adoption. If the pet is still available, we may contact you to meet the pet. After a successful meeting, we may discuss a home visit and potential trial adoption placement. We may ask you to consider another pet instead, either because we have several good homes for the original pet, or because we believe another pet is better suited to your family. You may be a successful applicant, but decide that the pet is not right for you. Withdrawing your application on this basis, or returning the pet during the trial adoption period, does not impact your ability to adopt at a later time. We appreciate your thoughtful consideration. If your application does not match specific criteria for the pet (such as the need for a fenced yard, the need for no other pets in the home, or other needs) that are in the pet’s adoption listing, we will not contact you for placement on this pet. We will keep your application in mind for other possible matches. We may decide more applications before placing a pet for adoption. Some pets’ special needs require that we look further for the right match. We may decline your application. This will be due to your pet history or your current circumstances for keeping a pet. While saying ‘no’ is difficult, sometimes it is in everyone’s best interest. You may wish to reapply if your circumstances change.