FREE CLASSIFIED ADS FOR RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS Classifieds:  Pets Available PURPOSE OF THIS PAGE This page is provided as a free service for responsible people who are presently taking care of a pet, but need to find a new home for it. Classified Ads page has been created in response to requests from people who are caring for a companion animal that they have found, but whose owner they have not been able to trace. Many people prefer to foster a found pet for awhile and try to find a good home for it themselves rather than relinquish it directly to a shelter, where its fate is uncertain. The Classified Ads page may also be used by others who have a pet they must find a new home for. Giving up a companion animal that has bonded with you and trusts you is not something to do lightly, but sometimes it may be truly necessary. PET FBI hopes to make it easier for you to keep your pet long enough to find a qualified home for it, by sparing you the expense of a long-running newspaper ad. DANGER !  FREE TO GOOD HOMES Classified Ads page is to make people aware of the danger of handing over a hapless animal to some total stranger who happens to answer a classified ad. The phrase "free to good home," so common in classified ads, suggests that animals are a worthless commodity. There is widespread abuse and exploitation of animals collected from well-meaning but unsuspecting people through "free to good home" ads. They are commonly sold to labs, used to bait dog fights, sacrificed in cult rituals, and for numerous other cruel purposes that most people who care about animals cannot even imagine. To help filter out "bunchers," that is, people who collect animals only to exploit them, we are requesting that you agree to the Conditions outlined below, which are designed to screen the people who answer your ad. CONDITIONS To place an ad on this page or to respond to one, you must agree to the following conditions: The person who adopts the pet must show a picture ID and utility bills for the last three months to verify their current address. As a reference, the adopter should bring veterinary records for another animal he or she has owned or............ The potential adopter should have a credit slip from any vet in the amount of at least $25 as sort of a good faith down payment on future veterinary care: immunizations, worming, spaying and neutering, etc. The adopter must give his or her word to have the pet spayed or neutered, unless the animal is already neutered, and agree to be contacted by a volunteer as a follow-up. Therefore the adopter must also be willing to give a verifiable phone number and home address. The person wanting to adopt the pet must make out a personal check (in the same name as the ID he or she presented) as a donation to any local animal shelter or agency of their choice, (which may include the PET FBI). This tax-deductible donation can be for as little as $5 . The purpose of the donation by check is to create a record that will discourage people from adopting multiple animals through ads placed by private individuals. The checks should be sent to the PET FBI which will keep a record of the names and forward the check to the appropriate agency. These procedures are intended to filter out or identify "bunchers" the people who collect animals only to exploit them. PLACE AN AD If you agree to the above conditions, you can submit the information about the animal you would like to find a home for. Just click the link below. It will take you to our community page where you can submit your ad under the subject heading "Classifieds" and complete the form. If you have one, give your email address, but it is good to include a reliable phone number as well. There is no charge for the ad and it will run indefinitely. We will discontinue the ad when you request, or when you let us know that you have placed the animal by forwarding the donation check. TO PLACE AN AD ON OUR ADOPTIONS PAGE Our Ads are in a message board format. To place an Ad go to  Place An Ad and select "Pets Available For Adoption", "New Topic",  then enter your information. PLEASE NOTE: PET FBI CLASSIFIED ARE OFF-LIMITS TO BREEDERS  AND WE STRONGLY DISCOURAGE USERS FROM RESPONDING TO ANY ADS BY BREEDERS.  THE EQUATION IS SIMPLE: FOR EVERY PET THAT IS DELIBERATELY BRED, THERE IS ONE LESS HOME AVAILABLE AND  THERE IS  A DOG OR  CAT IN A CAGE IN A SHELTER  SOMEWHERE THAT WILL PAY THE PRICE WITH ITS LIFE. THERE ARE PLENTY OF WONDERFUL PURE BRED DOGS AND CATS AVAILABLE AT SHELTERS AND FROM RESCUES. PETS WANTED If you are looking for a special pet, go to  Place An Ad   on our Message Board. Select "Pets Wanted", "New Topic",  then submit your information. DISCLAIMER The PET FBI posts these ads for free as a community service. We are not responsible for the information in the ads, which we do not and cannot possibly verify . We do not claim to be able to police or enforce the policies that we would like to promote regarding the adopting of animals by strangers. We cannot mediate any dispute that may arise and we may not be held responsible for the loss of any funds in any circumstance. Our purpose is to provide free advertising, with preestablished "ground rules", to make it easier for people willing to keep an animal until they have truly found a good home for it. The pre-established "ground rules", should make it easier to identify that good home. This page last updated 10/29/00