Animal Adoptions

- Pets found loose or stray without identification, and which are unclaimed by any owner
- Advertisements placed by individuals trying to find a new home for their pet
- Pets that have been abused or neglected and have been confiscated from the fending owner
- A fast growing source is online pet adoption. These sites have databases pets being housed by thousands animal shelters and rescue groups, and are searchable by the public. The Shelter Pet Project, a unique pet matching service; Let's Adopt, a global animal rescue and pet adoption organisation; and Petfinder.org, covering the United States, Canada and Mexico; are three well-known online pet adoption agencies.