If you are considering giving a home to one of our animals, there are some important facts you should be aware of.

Rescued animals will have suffered a trauma of some sort, perhaps the owner has sadly passed away, maybe there has been a break up of a marriage or, a member of the family has developed an allergy. Sadly, some animals still come into our care because they have been inadequately cared for, or even cruelly treated. Whatever the reason, the animal finds itself homeless, it has NO idea what it could possibly have done to be in this mess!! It is confused, unhappy, disorientated and feels rejected, yet it is amazing how well these animals recover with love and understanding, even those who have been ill-treated, will respond to kind, patient and reliable humans. 
 

So, the VERY LAST thing we want, is to home a rescue animal and then find it is rejected for a second time. Therefore we have rules which have been developed to safeguard against this happening, some of these are listed below.

If you do give a home to a needy animal, the rewards are well worth any hurdles you may have to cross!

ANIMALS ARE RE-HOMED ONLY ON COMPLETION OF A SATISFACTORY HOME VISIT.
The home checker is not there to look for dust, but things like adequate
fencing, reasonable size garden (dogs) and to make sure you do not live next to a really busy road and/or fast traffic (cats) and suitable accommodation that is large enough (rabbits)
 

WE DO NOT HOME ANIMALS TO NON PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE U.K.
If the new owners leave the country, the animal is homeless again!

Extra care is taken when homing to people with very small children to ensure that the animal is the right one for the family.
A dog might jump up and knock a over small child , a cat could accidentally scratch and hurt. Many of our dogs have no hisory and in this case we do not home to where there are children.

DOGS AND YOUNG ANIMALS ARE ONLY RE-HOMED WHERE THERE IS SOMEONE AT HOME DURING THE GREATER PART OF THE DAY.
Young animals get lonely and bored and may become destructive if left for long periods of time, RESULT, another rejection.

WE REQUIRE ALL ANIMALS TO BE NEUTERED WHERE THIS HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY CARRIED OUT.
We will neuter all dogs, cats and rabbits that we adopt out,  but if the animal is too young you will be issued with a voucher to get the animal neutered when it is old enough
This is RSPCA policy, there are already far too many unwanted animals!

The Adoption Donation

There is an Adoption Donation which varies with the type of animal being adopted.

The Donations are as follows:

Dog adoption donation: £150
Cat adoption donation: £60

(For dogs and cats this fee includes: neutering, micro chipping, vaccinations, worming,  flea treatment and a health check consultation fee.)

Ferret adoption donation: £25
Rabbit adoption donation: £25
Guinea pigs: £20
Hamster: £5
Chinchilla: £20
Small birds: £5

Naturally, once adopted, new owners would be expected to accept all financial and other responsibilities

and...finally, we carry out a Post Adoption Home Visit for as many animals as possible (within a few months of adoption) to ensure that everything is going well, and we get to see the animal enjoying life in its new home which is great!