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Animal Shelters

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Choose the Right Animal Shelter or Animal Rescue Group

The pet adoption experience at different types of shelters can be vastly different, so take the time to visit the home page of your local animal rescue groups to see which you might enjoy working with most.

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Open access animal shelters

take in all stray animals and are usually county or city shelters.

Humane societies

are private facilities. Some are open access and others are limited.

Foster groups

are usually volunteer foster parents who don't have a physical location.

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Fur Kids CNY Rescue
North Syracuse, NY

Fur Kids CNY Rescue has 5 pets listed on Petfinder right now.

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