How to Adopt

Our goal is to create a lifetime match for you and your new pet. We’ve learned that good relationships lead to successful adoptions, and rely on communication, education, and lending a helping hand to make adoptions last.

Here’s how it works:

You can check out our available cats & dogs here on the website, but visiting the shelter is the best way to see if any of our awesome animals are right for you. A visit is also a good time to talk to one of our staff members about what kind of pet you’re looking for.
FOR CATS: Because of limited space in our cat rooms, visits to the shelter will be BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Please fill out our adoption questionnaire (link below), then follow-up by emailing us at info@animaladoption.com
Complete our Questionnaire BEFORE COMING TO THE SHELTER. Fill Out Our Dog Adoption Questionnaire Here or Our Cat Adoption Questionnaire Here. Feel free to use your smartphone or other connected device (tablets included). Our adoption questionnaire helps us learn about your lifestyle, so we can match you with the perfect pet. Filling out your questionnaire will make your time at the shelter more productive and it gives the staff a means to observe social distancing recommendations. If you haven't filled it out prior to coming to the shelter, you will be asked to step outside and fill it out on your personal device. We have a public Wi-fi that you are more than welcome to use to fill it out.
When you visit the shelter, please bring all of the members of your household. If you have a dog or dogs, bring them, as well. This will allow us to complete our process in a timely manner. If you don't bring your family and/or dog(s), you can walk through the kennel and view the dogs, but we won't be able to bring anyone out for you.
If you rent your home, you will be required to submit written permission to adopt. That permission must list any breed or weight restrictions.
If you indicate that you own your home, the staff will use readily available public records to confirm ownership.
Each person entering the facility will be required to wear a face covering. Unfortunately, pulling your shirt up to cover your nose and mouth is not an acceptable face covering. Your safety and the safety of the staff is paramount, so there will be no exceptions to this requirement.
AAC is a fairly small facility. If things get too crowded, we may ask you to wait in your car so that we can observe proper social distancing. If that occurs, we will take your phone number and call you as people exit the facility. Again, your safety and the safety of the staff is paramount.
We have a very small staff here, so please be patient with us as we navigate the circumstances surrounding COVID-19.
Part of our adoption agreement includes taking your new family member to the vet within 14 days of your adoption for a check-up, and…
…we offer 30 days of free pet insurance through 24PetWatch, so you’ll need to activate that via email.
That’s it!

Note: All of our pets are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, and ready to go home!

If your pet is lost or you’ve found a pet and you need more information on the next steps, read through in information below.

Lost Pets

Call your local animal control office to report the lost animal. Municipal animal control offices are a central location for lost and found pet information and are usually the first place that a good Samaritan will look when he or she has taken in a stray pet. Municipal animal control offices also pick up and house stray pets. It’s also a good idea to physically visit your local animal control office to verify whether or not your pet is being housed there.
Look on this page for a matching listing for your pet. This page is a shared database of lost/found pets reported to Animal Welfare Association, Animal Adoption Center, Homeward Bound Adoption Center and Voorhees Animal Orphanage. In South Jersey, specific animal shelters are responsible for lost and stray pets within corresponding townships. View the list here. Be sure to contact the appropriate shelter if a match is found.
Your pet may be at another shelter in the area. Be sure to contact all area shelters including Burlington County Animal Shelter, South Jersey Regional Animal Shelter and Gloucester County Animal Shelter.
Call Animal Adoption Center at 856.435.9116 to list the pet this page, which is a shared database of lost/found pets in Camden County.

Found Pets

Call your local animal control office to report the found animal. Municipal animal control offices are a central location for lost and found pet information and are usually the first place that a pet owner will look when he or she has lost a pet.
Look on this page for a matching listing for the pet. This page is a shared database of lost/found pets reported to Animal Welfare Association, Animal Adoption Center, Camden County Animal Shelter and Voorhees Animal Orphanage. In South Jersey, specific animal shelters are responsible for lost and stray pets within corresponding townships. View the list here. Be sure to contact the appropriate shelter if a match is found.
The pet’s owners may be searching at other area shelters. Be sure to contact all area shelters with a found report including Almost Home Animal Shelter, Burlington County Animal Shelter, Cumberland County SPCA and Gloucester County Animal Shelter.
Call Animal Adoption Center at 856.435.9116 to list the pet this page, which is a shared database of lost/found pets in Camden County.