Springfield, VA
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To The Rescue, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) foster-based animal rescue founded in 2014 and located in the Washington, DC metro area (Springfield, VA). They are dedicated to saving cats and dogs from high-kill shelters across the United States and abroad, providing medical care, foster placement, and adoption into loving homes.
To the Rescue Inc serves Washington, DC metro area, Virginia, and surrounding regions.
Non-refundable adoption fee collected at the time of adoption
Applicants must be willing to undergo a vet check and home visit, provide three references (including an employer), keep adopted pets strictly indoors, commit to not declawing cats under any circumstances, establish a relationship with a primary veterinarian within one month, and agree to return the animal to the rescue if unable to keep it.
Prospective adopters must submit an online adoption application, provide references, and agree to veterinary checks and a home/yard visit by a volunteer. Once approved, adopters must sign an adoption contract and be prepared to pick up the animal promptly (same day or next).
No. Under the rescue's adoption contract, adopted pets must live indoors only, and cats must under no circumstances be declawed.
Routine vetting administered by rescue volunteers and foster homes includes deworming and age-appropriate vaccinations (such as FVRCP for cats and DHLPP for dogs). Animals over six months are spayed/neutered, and adopters agree to spay/neuter any pet under six months once they reach age.
Because the rescue relies on foster homes and needs open space to pull animals from high-kill shelters, approved applicants must be prepared to pick up their new pet as soon as possible (same day or next day).
Adopters must agree to first contact To The Rescue, Inc. via email and provide a minimum of two weeks for the rescue to respond and reclaim the pet at no charge, rather than giving the pet away or surrendering it to a shelter.
To The Rescue offers an online Surrender Application, and adoption contracts mandate that if an adopter is ever unable or unwilling to keep a pet, they must contact To The Rescue, Inc. first to give them first option to reclaim the pet.
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