Frequently Asked Questions

We are NOT the shelter. If you find a stray, you are required by law to notify the shelter and attempt to find the owner. If you are trying to re-home or surrender your pet, We will gladly meet with you and attempt to help you. However, we can only accept animals based on capacity.

1740 W Gordon street
Valdosta, GA  31601

Monday-Friday 9AM-2PM or by appointment

Our building is open to the public, but we ask that you schedule an appointment in advance so we can insure we have a volunteer present to provide the best service. 

We cannot take in strays. In the state of Georgia, animals are considered property and you are required by law to notify the shelter of the stray. You can also take the dog to a vet or shelter to have them scanned for a microchip, try putting up signs, and post/check groups on Facebook.

Please keep in mind that community cats are self-sufficient and pose no threat to the community. If you believe they are feral or keep having babies, you can contact us about getting them spayed/neutered (if they are already altered, you can tell by the tipped ear). If you feed them, they will come. 

We strongly discourage the declawing of cats and do not declaw the ones we adopt out. Please consider other options such as scratching posts, toys, interactive feeding and exercise, nail caps, and regularly trimming nails. We also encourage you to research the affects of removing a cats’ nails before removing them. It is often very painful for them, and if they get out of your house they have no way to protect themselves.

Every cat is born litter box trained. It is an instinct because they naturally want to go in a designated area where they can bury it away from their food and sleeping areas. If you think your cat is not “litter box trained” you may want to consider trying a different kind of litter or moving the box to another location.

It is our mission to get Valdosta to no kill status. In order to do that, we need to end overpopulation. Dogs and cats can multiply very quickly, causing thousands to end up in the shelter and get euthanized every year. Spaying and neutering can also help with behavior and aggression, and prevent cats from spraying. Please see our list of programs for more information on getting your pet altered more affordably.

As we currently only have an adoption program for cats and kittens, our adoption fees are only $100!

We have an application that each adopter must fill out. We typically require an in person interview which allows you to meet your future furbaby as well. If your application is approved, you will have to pay the $100 adoption fee and you will get to take your baby home! Please note, we approve adoptions by committee and cannot guarantee the promptness at which you will be approved or denied. We do our best to process them as quickly as possible, but you may not be able to apply and take your baby home in the same day.

Every animal adopted from us comes fully vetted with microchip and spayed/neutered. We are an organization working tirelessly to get Valdosta to be a no kill community. By adopting from us, you are supporting our cause and our efforts to find homes for homeless pets. We also typically pull animals directly from the shelter, so every adoption gets us one step closer to pulling even more from the shelter and saving even more lives.

We do not currently have any dogs for adoption. We suggest going to the Lowndes County animal Shelter, USA Rescue Team, or BARC Humane Society to find a dog to adopt.

There are many different ways to signal an animal has been altered such as tattoos or tipped ears. Sometimes, vets will tip ears or the shelter will tip cat ears in case the cat does end up living outside. But typically, a tipped ear means the cat is feral and fixed.

Because we only have cats in our adoption program, we do not take animals to PetSmart every Saturday.

Absolutely! please contact us so we can set up an appointment!

We adopt out cats pretty quickly, sometimes several in one week, or empty the building through our transport program. Because of this, the cats do not often stay long (sometimes just a couple of days) so if you are interested in adopting, please do not hesitate! Get your application in!