• Application to rescue animals from the Jackson County Animal Shelter in Cottageville, WV or Animal Rights Fur-Ever in Ripley WV

  • ABOUT US: We have transport assistance to northeastern states and are licensed to send dogs to rescues based in Pennsylvania. If you are south of the MD/PA border or west of WV, alternate transport arrangements will need to be worked out. For rescues in northeastern states, we work with a shelter/rescue/transport network that moves dogs from shelters in WV, KY & OH to rescues throughout the northeastern states.  If your application is approved, the coordinator can give you access to this network, which will also give you the ability to pull from more shelters within the network.

    The network uses a group site to communicate between the shelters and rescues. Approved rescues who have the ability to check email regularly are welcome to join this group. It is not a Facebook group, so you must use email to join. The shelters post their dogs/cats in need to the rescues via this group site.

    This network can also offer assistance with home visits throughout the northeast via the rescues and drivers in our network. An independent volunteer screener reviews/processes the application and checks the references and then sends it back to the shelter's rescue team. She does work a full-time day job so this process can take several days to (rarely) a week to complete depending on how quickly your references respond to her. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

  • If your application is approved, do you want to join the network's email group and become part of the online community? You will receive shelter pleas for help as well as group discussions on various rescue-related topics.*

  • We realize this is a lengthy application, but it covers all of the questions our various shelters and transport coordinators have asked of rescues over the years. Once approved, the app can be provided to any shelter in our network upon request should you decide you want to pull from them. This saves you a lot of redundancy in submitting rescue applications to work with our shelters. Most will accept our application as is, but some will want to do a bit of additional screening. It is our attempt to streamline the application/screening process for both our rescues and shelters. At this time we have over 20 shelters in the network.  Thanks for taking the time to complete the application.

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  • INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RESCUE

  • We rescue*

  • We are a (check all that apply)

  • Do you rescue heartworm-positive dogs?

  • If yes, do you keep them in foster care until they test negative?

  • What other sites do you have? (Check all that apply)*

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  • We request authorized puller information to prevent third-party individuals from falsely pulling animals under your rescue's name. Should your authorized puller contacts change, please notify us by submitting this form again and we will update our files.

  • Authorized Pullers*

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  • Is your rescue a 501(c)(3) non-profit?*

  • If your rescue does not have a federal EIN # and it's registered under an individual's social security number instead, please do not list that SS # in the EIN box below. Instead, just put this: SS#/private. We are not interested in receiving anyone's social security number. Please keep that information private.

  • Does your organization breed?*

  • Do you board dogs in a kennel in lieu of fostering?*

  • Do you board dogs in a kennel in addition to using foster homes?*

  • Do you always do a home visit on a new foster home before giving them an animal to foster?*

  • Do you always do home visits on adopters prior to adoption?*

  • REFERENCES: Please include your vet and local ACO as well as any shelters you regularly pull animals from.

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  • Reference 1 Type*

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  • Reference 2 Type*

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  • Reference 3 Type

  • YOUR RESCUE'S PROCESSES AND POLICIES

  • Are you familiar with parvovirus, how long it can incubate, and how this disease is transmitted?*

  • Do you require animals to be spayed or neutered before adoption? *

  • If no, do you require spaying/neutering after adoption?

  • Do you do home visits for every potential adoption situation?*

  • Has you rescue ever euthanized an animal?*

  • Do you always take back the animal if for some reason the adopter can't keep it?*

  • What type of accommodations does your rescue provide for the rescue animals? Check all that apply.*

  • Do you agree NOT to have unnecessary, cosmetic surgery performed such as ear cropping, tail docking, & declawing?*

  • Do you agree to keep fosters current on vaccinations while in your care & to find a home that will agree?*

  • Do you agree to keep fosters on flea & tick control while in your care & to find a home that will agree?*

  • Do you agree not to euthanize any animal that our shelter has sent you without checking with us first?

  • With the exception of pregnant animals, do you understand that it may be mandatory that the animals you rescue from us be spayed/neutered before going to your rescue? And that you will be required to pay for this surgery?*

  • Do you understand that if any of the information on this application is found to be false, or if we find the animal you are rescuing from us is not being given the proper care (personal or veterinarian), we will reclaim the animal?*

  • When you confirm a dog or cat, we will require you to submit a vetting order. The day that animal is taken to the vet, the vet's staff will call you for payment. Payment must be made directly to the vet on the day that vetting is done.

  • What is your standard vetting order for dogs? (check all that apply)*

  • What is your standard vetting order for cats? (check all that apply)

  • If the shelter requests a site visit, do you agree to allow a volunteer access to your facility/foster home?*

  • TRANSPORT INFORMATION

  • Which of these stops are suitable for you to meet transports to pick up animals on weekends?*

  • Should be Empty: