The McCracken County Humane Society strives to maintain a facility that promotes and provides a healthy and safe living environment for unwanted, but adoptable, owner surrender animals.
Step #1. Find the Perfect Match. To help you find the perfect pet, we arrange a meet and greet area where you, your family and your potential pet can get acquainted. This is the time to observe how you react to each other. Since you’re really choosing a family member, it’s important to make sure the “feels right” feeling is mutual. If you have other pets who will be sharing their home with the new addition, you may want to bring them to visit with the animal you are considering adopting. Please ask our staff how to go about doing this. Step #2. The Adoption. After you choose the animal you’d like to adopt, you will complete the paperwork associated with our screened adoption process. This takes about 30 minutes and is required before any adoptions are finalized. Please read the Adoption Agreement carefully and complete the process only after you thoroughly understand the agreement. All applicants are screened to ensure their ability to provide a lifelong safe, caring environment for their pets. After you complete your adoption paperwork and have been approved, your pet may go home with you the same day. Adoption forms may be completed prior to your arrival at our center. Step #3. Schedule Your Pet’s First Vet Visit. All of our animals will have been checked by a veterinarian during their stay. However, it is required in our adoption agreement that every adopter take their newly acquired pet to their veterinarian for a thorough exam at the owner’s expense. If the examination by the veterinarian shows any health or behavior problems, the McCracken County Humane Society will gladly accept the pet back within 14 days of the adoption of the animal. We cannot stress enough the importance of taking your new pet to the veterinarian before exposing them to your other family pets!