Puyallup, WA
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Metro Animal Services (Friends at Your Metro Animal Shelter) is an interlocal animal care and control partnership operated by the City of Sumner and based in Puyallup, Washington. Serving communities across eastern Pierce County and southern King County, the shelter provides rescue, stray intake, sheltering, and adoption services for cats, kittens, barn cats, and dogs. All cat adoptions include spay/neuter surgery, age-appropriate vaccinations, microchipping, and applicable licensing.
Friends at Your Metro Animal Shelter has adoption fees starting from $75.
Cats: $150; Kittens (under 7 months): $175; Senior cats (8+ years): $100; Multiple cat/kitten adoption: $75 for each additional cat. (Includes spay/neuter, microchip, and applicable Metro license; includes built-in $25 non-refundable fee). $75 refundable deposit if too young to spay/neuter.
Adopters must complete an adoption application evaluating household dynamics, pet experience, and expectations. Adoptions are completed in person on a first-come, first-served basis. To ensure adequate time for review and consultation, new adoptions are not started within 30 minutes of closing.
Adoptions are conducted in person on a first-come, first-served basis. Prospective adopters can browse available pets online, download and complete the adoption application for cats, and bring it to the shelter or email it to pets@sumnerwa.gov. Following an application review and an in-person meet-and-greet, adopters finalize paperwork and pay adoption fees. Most adoptions can be completed the same day, though new adoptions will not start within 30 minutes of closing.
Adoption fees are $150 for an adult cat, $175 for a kitten under 7 months, and $100 for a senior cat (8+ years). If adopting multiple felines, each additional cat or kitten is $75 after the full-price first adoption. Fees include spay/neuter surgery, microchipping, vaccinations, and applicable Metro licensing.
No. All adoptions are handled in person on a first-come, first-served basis. Submitting an online application does not give priority over in-person applicants or place an animal on hold. However, an optional adoption hold fee of $35 may be available upon staff approval.
Yes. Most pets are already spayed or neutered prior to adoption, or the procedure is included as part of the adoption process. If an animal is too young for surgery at the time of adoption, a $75 refundable deposit is required and refunded upon proof of spay/neuter.
To ensure staff have sufficient time to guide adopters through paperwork and answer all questions, Metro Animal Services does not initiate new adoptions within 30 minutes of closing.
Metro Animal Services handles stray intakes and accepts pet surrenders within its participating service jurisdictions.
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