Howard County Animal Control And Adoption Center

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Howard County Animal Control investigates animal cruelty cases, rescues endangered animals, accepts unwanted pets, administers a pet adoption program, conducts humane education programs and operates the county’s animal shelter. Volunteers assist with operations by taking the animals for walks, giving the animals personal attention and assisting with the adoption process. Howard County Animal Control shelters all types of homeless animals until new homes and new lives are found through adoption. Everyone wanting to adopt a pet must complete an adoption application and meet specific requirements before the adoption of an animal can occur.

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Adoption process

1. An adoption application must be filed on the animal that a citizen wishes to adopt. An interview and/or home visit must be conducted and approved before the animal is released from the shelter. The maximum holding time on an application to be processed is 48 hours. 2. ALL ANIMAL ARE SPAYED OR NEUTERED PRIOR TO THEIR RELEASE. If any medical condition prevents HCAC from being able to spay or neuter an animal prior to adoption, adopters are given a prescribed time by which the animal must be spayed or neutered. Adopters will reimburse HCAC for the medical expenses relating to spay/neuter, vaccines and licensing prior to taking custody of the animal. 3. Once the adoption is final the animal may not be transferred to another owner or otherwise disposed of but must be returned to this shelter if the owner can no longer care for the animal. 4. HCAC has the right to inspect the applicant’s home after the adoption to ensure the well-being of the pet. HCAC also reserves the right to reclaim the animal, if in its opinion, the animal is not being properly and humanely cared for. HCAC will reclaim all animals if all the requirements of the adoption contract are not met.

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