FREE CLASSIFIED ADS FOR RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS
Classifieds: Pets Available
PET FBI CLASSIFIED ARE OFF-LIMITS TO BREEDERS!!!
VISITORS TAKE NOTE:
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.
LOOKING FOR A PURE BRED?? PLEASE CHECK OUR RESCUE
LISTINGS FOR EVERY IMAGINABLE BREED.
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.
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 10/24/2009
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