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PARC Admission Policy

The PAWS Animal Rehabilitation Center (PARC) or the PAWS shelter is exclusively for animals in distress.

An “animal in distress” is one that is suffering or is in imminent danger of losing its life.

Not all animals in distress can be taken in at a given time due to the limited space & number of caretakers in our shelter and due to our strict quarantine protocols.

These quarantine protocols ensure that disease does not spread within our facility which would put our current animals at risk.

We are committed to providing, to the best of our ability, optimal rehabilitation (physical and behavioral) care for our shelter animals and minimize euthanasia.

Therefore admission of some animals reported to be in need may be delayed to ensure the well-being of other animals in our care.

Due to the fact that there are always more animals in need than those who are willing to provide homes for them, PAWS’ limited-admission policy will look at the special circumstances of each “animal in distress” presented for admission which will be weighed against the needs of animals already in our shelter.

Generally, we do not take unwanted owned pets.
We believe that owners have an obligation to share in the responsibility of rehoming their pets by first making sure that these animals are:

(1) Healthy and

(2) Non-aggressive as no one would be willing to adopt a sick and aggressive animal.

If the animal is sick or has behavior problems, PAWS offers veterinary and behavior rehabilitation assistance.

We will assist in adoption efforts of a pet owner who needs to relinquish ownership of his pet for as long as the animal is:

(1) Neutered or spayed

(2) Non-aggressive (no “biting” problems)

(3) Healthy

If items number two or three are negative – as in most cases of relinquishment – please see PAWS offer of assistance of training or veterinary care as highlighted above.

The rehoming assistance will be in the form of advertising within our networks and facilitating rehoming straight from a person’s home to another person’s home.

The goal of our admission policy is to achieve the greatest good by carefully balancing the possibility of euthanasia versus delaying the admission of an animal deemed at risk.

We also would not want to provide an avenue for irresponsible pet owners to dump their pets but we would want them to take responsibility for rehoming and rehabilitation.

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