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What are the process and fees for adoption?

Process

  1. Choose your cat from the Adopt page.
  2. Complete the adoption application form.
  3. We will review your form to assess suitability for animal adoption.
  4. We will contact you to schedule a time to visit the Cat Sanctuary. During your visit, we will finalize the adoption and pay the fees. Usually this happens within 48 hours of receiving your completed form. Please bring a cat carrier with you for your new friend’s journey home.
  5. Take your new furrever friend home! Most of the time you can take your new family member home with you on the same day as you visit.

 

Adoption Fees

All adoption fees cover spay or neuter, vaccines, dewormer and microchip, and include taxes.

Fees are payable by cash, debit, credit or e-transfer.

Cats

$250.00 – Kitten / cat under 1 year old
$350.00 – Pair of kittens/cats under 1 year old
$175.00 – Cats over 1 year old


Policies

  1. All of our kittens are indoor only, no exceptions. Kittens can be outside if leash trained and/or in an enclosed catio.
  2. Kittens under 5 months old cannot be adopted, however can leave unfixed on a Foster to Adopt Contract. Our vet requires that the kittens be at least 5 months old before spayed or neutered. Once they are fixed, we change the contract to adoption. We work closely with the new family to arrange a vet appointment, and the cost is covered by Critteraid.
  3. Depending on the story of our older cats – some may want an indoor / outdoor arrangement and that would be advised at time of adoption. The majority are indoor only unless leash trained and/or in an enclosed catio.

With Profound Sadness, we share:

Over the past few days, our sanctuary family has been facing one of the most heartbreaking experiences in our history. We are navigating a situation that has required immediate action, coordination with veterinary professionals, federal (CFIA) regulatory authorities, Interior Health and Epidemiology divisions as we had positive case of H5N1 at our sanctuary.

Our team and volunteers are devastated. The animals in our care are the center of everything we do, and the emotional weight of this moment is immense.

Because this situation is still active and regulated, we are simply consumed with this horror. We want to be very clear: we are not hiding anything from our community. We are simply trying to move through this with care, accuracy, and integrity while also supporting our animals and each other.

We will share everything with our experience. The facts we are getting a crash course in, may be able to help the next sanctuaries as these situations are designed for rapid responses wrapped in navigating the differentiating factors of being put into a commercial category.
For now, we ask for:

Our commitment to the animals, to transparency, and to this community has not changed and will never change.
If you need to reach us, please do so with kindness. Our hearts are fragile right now.

Love,
Your Critteraid Family