Westerville, OH
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Columbus Pet Rescue (Charlies Wish Animal Rescue Inc) is a volunteer-run, foster-based animal rescue serving Columbus and Central Ohio. The organization rescues, rehabilitates, and re-homes companion animals while managing a feral cat program that provides food, shelter, spay/neuter population control, and foster placement for street cats. In addition to foster homes, adoptable cats and kittens can be met in person at their partner adoption center inside PetSmart in Grove City.
Charlies Wish Animal Rescue Inc serves Columbus and Central Ohio and has adoption fees starting from $175.
Cats are generally $175; kittens start at $200 (includes spay/neuter, vaccinations, flea/tick and dewormer treatments, blood work, and health care).
Completion of an adoption application/agreement, a third-party standard background check (requiring driver's license number), veterinarian reference check (if applicable), personal reference checks, and payment of the adoption fee.
Browse available animals online or visit cats at the Grove City PetSmart during store hours. Submit a downloadable or online adoption application for pre-approval. Once approved, schedule an appointment to meet the animal (or meet cats directly at PetSmart). Adoptions are processed on a first-come, first-served basis among approved applicants.
Adoption fees are generally $175 for cats and start at $200 for kittens. Fees cover standard veterinary care prior to adoption, including spay/neuter surgery, vaccinations, blood work, flea & tick treatment, dewormer, and any necessary antibiotics.
Adoptable cats can be visited anytime during regular store hours at the PetSmart adoption center in Grove City, Ohio. Approved applicants can also schedule individual meet-and-greet appointments or attend regular adoption events typically held on Sundays from 1 PM to 4 PM.
Columbus Pet Rescue runs a standard third-party background check on all applicants to ensure animals are placed in safe and permanent homes.
Yes. Through its Feral Cat Program, CPR provides food, protective shelter (such as straw-insulated dog houses), and population control via spay/neuter services for stray street colonies, moving adoptable colony cats into foster care as space becomes available.
Individuals needing assistance with an animal can submit an inquiry via their contact form specifying whether the animal is a dog or cat, owned or stray, and if it is safe and warm. Photographs and any existing veterinary records must be emailed to the rescue.
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