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If You Must surrender your pet....

BFHS can take an animal that is owned by you or that you are surrendering on behalf of a family member who is no longer capable of providing the necessary care. Stray animals cannot be surrendered to BFHS; in those cases, please contact Tri-City Animal Control if within their jurisdiction, or local law enforcement if not.

We at the Benton Franklin Humane Society understand that this is not an easy decision for you. We will try to make the surrender as simple as practicable. However, please understand that any animal we take in requires a lot of care, attention, and expense on the part of the shelter. The fees below are within the standards for shelters like ours, and are designed to cover some of the expenses of the animal's care between surrender and adoption.

-- Surrender Fees

Adult Dogs:
$75 Animal is current on shots (with proof) and is already altered
$85 Animal is altered, but no shot records provided
$100 Animal is not altered and needs shots
$100 Pregnant female dog that needs to go to a foster home
$150 Female dog and her babies

Puppies:
$50 One puppy that is 8 weeks-4 months old
$75 Two-Four puppies
$100 Five or more puppies

Kittens:
$25 One kitten
$50 Two-Four kittens
$80 Five or more kittens
$50 One or two kittens that need to go to a foster home
$100 Three or more kittens that need to go to a foster home

$75 Pregnant Female cat
$85 Female cat and her litter of kittens

Click for a pre-adoption application (in Word or PDF) to speed up your adoption.  Bring the completed questionnaire with you to the shelter when you pick up your new family member.

"To the world, you are a person. To a rescued animal, you ARE the world."

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