Beare Garden Plantation Rescue
Our Mission
Beare Garden Animal Rescue’s mission is to ease the pain, hunger, abuse, as well as to provide shelter and help to find forever homes for the creatures God entrusted to us. By acting as a resource and educating the community about issues pertaining to animals, we feel that we can move toward the prevention of over breeding of animals. By facilitating adoptions of homeless and neglected cats and kittens we will be able to provide a short-term home for more unwanted or homeless cats and kittens. Beare Garden Animal Rescue is a NC registered Non-Profit licensed animal shelter.
Adoption Policy
A BGAR cat will be a rescued cat or kitten from primarily local and regional public shelters. BGP is a private rescue that receives no government funding, but relies solely upon charitable donations to operate 365 days per year. Our focus is to pull from public shelters to ease their overload and to facilitate the adoption to a loving forever family. There are occasions that an owner surrender animal or a longer term stray will be accepted by BGAR. We encourage you to attempt to re-home your pet if you must give it up, as this is easier on the pet and gives it a better chance of finding a good home. Taking your pet to the public shelter is more stressful and may not result in it being adopted into a home and may result in your pet being euthanized by the public shelter. If we accept an owner surrender, all vet records and vaccines must be provided. If current vaccines and vet records are not available, a minimum $50 donation is required. Owner surrenders are not automatically accepted. Unapproved drop-offs at the rescue are not allowed. Video surveillance of the rescue will record any unauthorized drop-offs.
Strays typically should be reported to your local public animal shelter for the mandatory 72 hour hold. The animal shelters we work with usually notify us if an adoptable animal needs to be rescued. Our ability to rescue depends upon space and resource availability. We do not typically accept feral animals as they may not be adoptable.
A BGAR cat will have been spayed or neutered, unless we have records or absolute proof that this has been done previously. They are tested negative for FIV/feline leukemia, given their first vaccines, de-wormed, and observed and treated by local veterinarians for any other conditions they may have.
They are socialized in a loving environment with other cats and plenty of humans. During an initial quarantine period they are kept caged in an isolation room until cleared by a veterinarian. After clearance, they are released into the Rescue cattery area, which allows for more space to roam in our large enclosures. A future outdoor area is being planned when funding is available.
We have a policy of not allowing kittens to be adopted until they are three months old. Kittens under three months old are eligible for our foster to adopt program. IF YOU LIVE IN AN APARTMENT OR RENT, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE A LETTER OF PERMISSION FOR PET OCCUPANCY FROM YOUR LANDLORD. ADOPTIONS BY UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE STUDENTS MAY REQUIRE CONSENT FROM PARENTS.
All adoption applications will be reviewed by the rescue staff. If the applicants seem to be a good fit for the cat or cats of interest, the rescue may, at its discretion, contact the interested party to set up a home visit. BGAR reserves the right to decline any application for any reason. BGAR reserves the right to conduct follow up well animal home visits if deemed needed. BGAR reserves the right to reclaim animals from homes that are not providing proper care or mistreating the animals.
Once a home is considered safe for our cats, the applicant pays an adoption donation. This fee covers the spaying/neutering and all vaccinations that ensure the cat will have a healthy and happy life with their new family. VET References are required.
Some of our cats and kittens have “sponsored” next to their names. These kitties have a guardian angel who wants to see them in a happy, loving home and has sponsored part or all of their adoption donation. With an approved application, you can adopt a sponsored cat(s) and use the money you saved to buy them food, supplies and toys!
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DENY ANY APPLICATION FOR ANY REASON TO PROTECT THE WELFARE OF OUR ANIMALS. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT ADOPT TO ANYONE WHO PLANS TO DECLAW A CAT OR ALLOW THE CAT OUTDOORS AS A MATTER OF RESCUE POLICY.
