Adoption
There are literally hundreds of thousands of homeless animals throughout Mexico. And though we’d like to find homes for all of them, we know this is unrealistic. Friends of Baja Animals make every possible effort to find loving, forever homes for as many as we can. For some people, adoption is a natural fit, with plenty of time to care for animals that need a special kind of love. There’s a long-term commitment and a lifetime of love and joy when a rescued pet is well-paired with a loving owner. For others, fostering an animal through its worst days and then returning them to the animal care center or finding its forever home brings joy untold. Fostering dogs and cats for shorter periods at times of great need change the lives of many of our rescued animals. There are also those people who cannot consider adoption or fostering as a possibility: people with busy schedules, who travel a lot, for those people a cash donation is a helpful way to contribute.
Rescued Pet Fostering: Agreeing to take in a homeless dog or cat and to give love, care, and much-needed attention either for a set amount of time or until the rescued pet is adopted, is one of the many ways you can help improve the lives of homeless animals. Dogs and cats may need foster care for a variety of reasons. Rescue centers often have few options other than euthanasia if too many homeless animals are brought in at once and their network of foster caregivers is a great source of relief. Sometimes puppies and kittens are too young to be adopted and need a safe home until they’re old enough to go to a forever home. Animals recovering from surgery, illness or injury or showing signs of stress in shelter situations need a quiet and safe place to recuperate and have their sense of peace restored or receive help with being socialized. Friends of Baja Animals are always looking for people with the time, finances, and experience with animals to foster rescued pets for short periods
Sponsor a Rescued Animal: For many pet lovers, adoption or fostering is just not an option. Some of us have our own pets already, and these may not blend well with a newcomer, even if it’s for a temporary period. Sometimes our busy schedules make it impossible to think of taking an animal into our home. Friends of Baja Animals has an animal sponsorship program. The commitment is financial, pure, and simple. Instead of a donation going to the general fund, your sponsorship may prove life-giving to one or more specific animals that need ongoing or first-response care. Some seniors may be living in the shelter for the remainder of their lives. Sponsorship is needed for various reasons yet is mostly for those animals requiring the highest of care: our seniors, the injured, or animals with other special needs that may need more time in the rescue shelters before finding their forever homes. Talk to us about our sponsoring one or more of these precious animals.
To be considered
To be considered as adoptive ‘parents’ or to find out more about fostering … Call Diane at 619-547-6621 or get in touch by email: info@friendsofbajaanimals.org Below is a list of criteria we consider as we’re guided through adoption and fostering processes.
Adoption
Adopting a roaming or previously abandoned animal takes a special kind of love, hours of care, and a commitment to being with a rescued pet long term. It’s not for the faint of heart. This is why we at Friends of Baja Animals have a strict process for determining the value to our animals of their potential adoption.
We’re concerned as much with the suitability of adopting persons as we are the long term welfare of the animals we rescue and restore to health. And we only place animals that are proven safe for adoption.
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1. The person or family adopting must be financially able to afford to care for the animal, including the provision of good quality food, medical care, and preventive health care going forward.
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The home must be suitable for the size and type of pet, with a yard and outside space or access to a park for exercise.
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A person or family who has experience with owning and caring for pets is essential, and, because rescued pets need special care, the person must supervise and be good company for the pet and unlikely to leave them alone for long periods of time.
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Every possible measure must be taken to protect the new pet from busy roads, dangerous environments, other predatory animals or people who may seek to cause the animal any kind of harm – in every way the pet must be kept safe.
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And above all this, the person must love their pet and share a special connection. With love, a pet will be loyal, happy, secure and healthy, and enjoy a long life while giving huge amounts of love in return.