Animal Rescue Center of Bay County

My husband, Charles, and I founded this organization in September of 2006. Since then, we have grown and now have about 85 volunteers. We are an all volunteer, all foster based organization. We concentrate on pulling animals that are in danger of being euthanized at our local shelters. My husband and I were helping with a fundraiser for a natinal dog breed rescue and people kept asking about the animals in our area. So, we started ARC to help at a local level. We've adopted out more than 130 animals and continue to grow every year.

Those interested in adopting must fill out an Adopter Application (located on our site). Required information includes vet information, pet information, and non-family references. Upon receiving the application, we call both of the references and call their vet for a reference. We also do a home visit. In addition, we do a public criminal records search to ensure that there are no animal abuse convictions. Our fees are $75 for cats and $150 for dogs. These fees include the spay/neuter, vacciantions, FIV/FLV test, heartworm test and our animals are kept up-to-date on flea and heartworm preventatives while in our care. We also include an adoption package with every animal. You can go to http://adoptbay.com/adoption.aspx for more information. At the time of adoption, we also have a contract that states they agree to provide veterinary care, quality food, water, general care, etc. It also states that if for some reason they can no longer keep the animal, they will contact us immediately.