• A recent NEGATIVE FeLV test for ALL cats in-home; new test required if your cat or the foster kitty gets outside and leaves your sight; if you have an FeLV+ kitty and wish to be a foster for FeLV+ cats only, let us know!

• A recent FIV test for ALL cats in-home; a positive test does NOT mean you cannot foster. New test required if your cat or the foster kitty gets outside and leaves your sight

• You must agree to keep the cat indoors at ALL TIMES. If the cat proves to be a door-runner, you must keep them in a room away from external access, or keep them crated when people are entering/exiting the building. You must report if the cat gets outside and leaves your sight, as the cat will need to be re-tested for FIV/FeLV before it can be adopted.

• You must be willing to bring your foster cat to adoption events at least once per month when requested so that they can have proper exposure to the public.

• Additional requirements will be covered in the contract

ADOPTING

To see available cats and kittens, visit us on Facebook, or you can visit Petco at 3840 W Washita St Springfield Mo 65708. At this time, we do all our adoptions thru them.  If you don't see one, you're interested in, be sure to send us a message -- we usually have around 60 cats in the rescue at once and won't usually list ones which aren't done with their vetting yet or have special considerations. If you are looking for a cat of a specific breed/color or personality which we don't currently have available, let us know and we are happy to give you a call if one comes up.

If you are interested in adopting, please fill out our adoption application and let us know. If we do not get back to you within the week, please contact us again to make sure that the application went through correctly.

All adoption fees are $75 unless otherwise noted. This covers most of the costs of the vet care they receive, as well as going towards the costs it takes to house and feed them. We do occasionally have adoption specials for cats which are sponsored or if we receive a grant which covers the costs of their care. We do not make any profit from our adoption fees, so if we save money, you do, too!

Adoption requirements:

• Adoption fee to ensure you aren't looking to flip the animal for a profit or use them for nefarious purposes, as well as to allow SAM to continue helping stray cats

• A cat-proof and appropriately sized carrier to take them home in and use for emergency/veterinary transport

• Landlord approval/home ownership

• Reliable transportation and a vet within 30 minutes

• Proof of up-to-date vaccinations of other pets in the home

• Agreement to keep cats indoors-only (unless they are specifically listed and adopted out as a barn cat)

• Agreement to keep them up-to-date for standard vaccinations and vet care

• Agreement to return them to SAM if the adoption doesn't work out. No refunds on adoption fees. If you adopt one cat and within one month recognize that they aren't a good fit for a specific reason (for example, they don't get along with your child or other pet), we will NOT charge you an additional adoption fee if you want to test out a different cat available through our rescue. We want our cats to be in forever homes where they (and you!) are happy!

S.A.M. is a 501 c3 nonprofit that is state licensed animal NO KILL shelter/rescue. We are dedicated in helping to eliminate feral cat communities in our local cites, thru TNR (Trap Neuter Return) Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the most effective and humane method to treat feral cats and manage their colonies. We also have a rehabilitation program for kittens and Cats; we find during the TNR process that there were abandoned by their owners.

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