Our primary adoption goal is to find pets permanent homes with responsible persons who will provide care and companionship for the rest of the pet’s life. Because our pets are socialized in foster homes, their specific needs and personalities are better known. We attempt to match the home with the pet’s needs. This is to help assure that the pet will be happy in the new home and the owners will be happy with the pet they have adopted. We reserve the right to refuse to adopt to any home. This is not a reflection on an adopter but on our concern that the match be the best possible one. We also reserve the right to ask for veterinary references and to make a home visit both before and after adoption.

We socialize our pets in foster homes and have no shelter building. Look at our available pets for adoption. If you see a pet that interests you, follow the contact instructions in the listing. You can also see many of our pets at our mobile adoption locations listed below. Pets may not come to mobile adoptions unless prior arrangements have been made.

ABERCORN STREET PETSMART STORE, 11132 Abercorn Street, Savannah, every Saturday from 12:30PM to 2:30PM

NOTE: Check our web site regularly to see any changes to the scheduled times and locations for our mobile adoptions

Dog adoption fees are $300 and up. Cat adoption fees are $85. Please inquire about each animal. WE TAKE CASH AND CREDIT CARDS VIA PAYPAL.

Safe-A-Life attempts to match a specific animal’s needs to the home best able to meet those needs. However, there are general requirements that must be met by all adopters:

• The adopter must be 18 years or older
• The pet will be kept as an indoor companion pet
• The adopter will make a commitment to caring for the pet for its entire life (15 to 20 years)
• The adopter must be a self sufficient adult who has carefully considered and understands the basic requirements of responsible pet ownership including the provision of daily exercise and human companionship, appropriate supervision and training, proper nutrition, constant access to fresh water, comfortable shelter from the weather, protection from fleas and ticks (and heartworm for dogs), and routine and emergency veterinary care if needed
• The adopter will follow licensure laws including annual rabies vaccination and registration for both cats and dogs. The rabies tag will be secured to the dog’s collar along with identification.
• The adopters of dogs will not keep the dog as a yard dog, will not let the dog run loose, will assure that the dog’s exercise yard is secure so the dog cannot escape, will keep the dog on a leash when outside the yard, will not keep the dog tethered outside unattended, and will not keep the dog in the garage.
• The adopters of cats will keep the cat indoors most, if not all of the time, will not de-claw and will follow instructions given on introducing the cat to the new home if there are cats already in the household
• Adopters will not use pets for breeding, for blood sports, for research, for food, for an attack or guard dog
• Adopters must not have sexually mature unaltered pets in the household, may not adopt for another person, must live in a residence where pets are allowed, and may not have a history of animal abuse or neglect

NOTE: Since we attempt to match the pet’s needs with the home environment, there maybe times when we have a pet whose needs require that exceptions be made-for example, a “barn cat” that is too unsocialized to live comfortably indoors.