Dogs/Cats

Pet Welfare Adoption Center

Eglin Afb, FL 32542

About

In September 1982, Pet Welfare was started so that military members needing to relinquish their pets had a safe place to leave them until we could find a home for them. Stray pets were also brought to Pet Welfare waiting to be adopted. At that time, we were giving cats and dogs away because we had so many to care for and we were just happy to find a home for all of them. We were a no-kill animal shelter open to the public working to help the military and the local community when they had to leave their pets behind. The dogs were kept in the abandoned Air Force K-9 dog kennels built in 1961 and the cats were kept in cages housed in the attached office. Today, we charge a fee for adoptions to help defray the cost of maintaining a shelter for the pets. We cannot take in strays in keeping with Florida law and Eglin AFB Regulations. However, our focus still remains in providing a no-kill animal shelter to military members and the local community needing to relinquish their pets. We continue to provide this service with an all-volunteer force and we receive no financial support from the military or the Department of Defense. We are always in need of volunteers and foster homes and depend solely on donations, grants, adoptions fees, and fundraisers for our financial needs. We love and care for animals in need and on those days when we feel we’re the only ones caring or can barely think straight because we’re so tired, we pick ourselves up and look around and remember what we do it for...the animals that need us.

Pets available

Dogs Cats

Adoption process

1. Have a general understanding of what to expect when you are adopting a pet from a shelter. 2. Make sure that you have thought it over carefully and have decided this is the right time to adopt a pet. Make sure that you are emotionally ready and financially able to provide a safe, healthy, and loving home to your new family member for the rest of their life. 3. Visit the shelter to meet the adoptable cats and/or dogs. 4. Complete an adoption application. Turn the application in as soon as you decide on which pet you'd like to take home. 5. Meet with a pet adopter for an "Adoption Interview." For dog adoptions, we require the entire family, including pets, be present so the adopter can determine the suitability of the animal for the entire family. For cat adoptions, only the adopter needs to be present. 6. Once approved for the adoption, sign the adoption contract, pay the current adoption fee, and take your new family member(s) home with you.