Project Zero

Click here to see our Adoptable Pet List

Click here to see our Happy Tails of Adopted Dogs !

Our Featured Pet...

RUFUS!

Rufus had a horrific puppyhood. He was brought to the vet's office by some kind people who saw him being thrown out of a moving car tied up in a burlap sack! We can only imagine what horrible things had happened to him before that. Rufus stayed in the vet's kennel for months, and two of the vet techs did their best to socialize him, but he needed more work. Rufus spent several months in the home of one of our best foster moms, who helped him learn to trust people. He's now kenneled at our adoption center so he can get used to even more people who are happy to see him and pet him. Rufus will require a very special person to give him a forever home---patient, loving and consistent. In spite of his earlier experiences, Rufus wants someone to love. Nothing can kill the spirit of a dog, and Rufus is living proof of that!

News

Project Zero, LLC, remains a private, limited-entry non-profit rescue organization. We are looking at how we can best serve the Cherokee County animals who need to find homes, and reduce the numbers of adoptable pets who are euthanized at the shelter each year. We continue to have successful adoptions of locally needy animals.. After they complete our assessment process and are fully vetted, adoptable animals are placed in our kennels or into foster care pending permanent placement. We are committed to making Project Zero the most affordable place for individuals and families to find a healthy, friendly and well-adjusted new pet. We do not adopt small puppies or small dogs to families with children under 10 years old, because experience has shown us that, although they may not mean to, small children can accidently hurt or kill small puppies through what they think of as just playing with them. We believe it's only fair to notify potential applicants of this policy. We have recently affiliated with the Humane Society of Cherokee County, Inc., a 501c3 organization that is reorganizing to address the current need for truly affordable spay/neuter programs. They have leased an office in historic downtown Gaffney, and will be working with us to secure grant funding and private donations in order to promote the importance of spay/neuter for all pets and to provide subsidies to make currently available low-cost spay/neuter programs even more available to all the citizens of Cherokee County.!

Who We Are

PROJECT ZERO is committed to creating improvements on both ends of the pet overpopulation problem in our community. By promoting prevention through education about the importance of spaying and neutering pets, referrals to area low-cost sterilization programs, and providing rescue and adoption to needy animals, we hope to reduce the numbers of euthanizations of adoptable animals. In cooperation with others, our goal is to bring the number of unwanted pets in Cherokee County to ZERO.. That's our Project! We ask applicants to understand that we take the time necessary to make sure that the person or family is the best possible match for the pet to be adopted. Since we are not a shelter, and none of our pets are at risk for euthanasia, we are not concerned with finding the FIRST home for each of them. Rather we concentrate all our efforts on finding the BEST home for our rescued pets so that they'll be there for the rest of their lives. Contributions are not tax-deductible, but 100% of any money donated is applied to either spay/neuter fees, vaccinations, or other related care for rescue to adoption pets. A complete accounting of all income and expenditures is available upon request.

Adopting a friend !

For your convenience we now have our application available online please complete the form and send it to us using the submit button.
Click here to be taken to our online adoption form

Other way to help!

We have chosen Kuranda dog beds for our boarding facilities because they are so good for our dogs. We still don't have enough for all of our kennels. If you would like to donate a bed so another dog can sleep in proper comfort, please click here.

Come Visit Us!

We are not a shelter and is impossible for us to be open to the public for regular hours. We work strictly by appointment. Most of the animals on our Petfinder site are not at our office location, and once the application is approved, we make an appointment for you to come meet the pet you've chosen. All adoptions are finalized by appointment at our adoption center, where you'll have all the time you need to interact with and get to know your potential pet. We reserve the right to deny any adoption if we find there is not a good match. Project Zero is committed to permanent placement of pets and will take every precaution to make sure that the family is the right place for the pet. We also insist that if any placements that do not work out for any reason, the adoptive family will return the pet to us with no questions asked. In spite of our best efforts, sometimes things just don't work out, and we would rather find another home than have a pet we've nurtured and fostered be taken to shelter. PLEASE CONTACT US VIA EMAIL (projectzero@hughes.net) AND WE'LL RESPOND WITHIN 24 HOURS. WE ARE AN ALL-VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION AND DO NOT WORK ON SUNDAYS OR WEDNESDAYS. PLEASE RESPECT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO ACCEPT PHONE CALLS ABOUT THESE LISTED PETS. AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE AND PROCESS YOUR APPLICATION WE WILL CONTACT YOU.

Project Zero
235 Beaver Dam Rd.
Gaffney, SC 29341
Email: projectzero@hughes.net

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PROJECT ZERO Adoption Application

Pet's name you are interesting in adopting:

Applicant's name(s):

Address:

Home phone:

Cell phone:

Work Phone:

Email Address:

Employer:

Type of work:

Work schedule:

If co-applicant, please provide the other person’s name:

Employer:

Type of work:

Work schedule:

Do you own or rent your home?
Own
Rent
If rent, please give your landlord's name and phone number:

Do you have a fenced yard?
Yes
No
If yes, describe the height of the fence and approximate size of the fenced area:

How much time will you spend with your pet each day?

How many hours a day would the dog be alone?
0-2 hours
2-4 hours
4-6 hours
6 or more hours

How will you provide for your adult pet’s training, entertainment and socialization when you’re at work?

If you’re applying to adopt a puppy, who will care for it while you’re working?

Will your pet be housetrained? Will you crate train? Describe how you will housetrain:

If not, please describe the outdoor arrangement you have in place to make sure your pet is safely confined to your property as well as provided appropriate food/water and shelter:

Please list the names and ages of all persons living in your household:

Do you have any children visiting your home on a regular basis? If so, what are their ages?

Do you have any other pets?
Yes
No
If yes, Please list all current pets by name, breed/mix, age, spay/neuter status and whether they are indoor or outdoor pets:

If no,please list the last pet(s) you owned with above information for veterinary reference:

What arrangements will be made for the pet when you travel or are away from home for business or vacations?

Have you ever adopted a pet from an animal shelter, Humane Society, or rescue group before?
Yes
No
If yes,which one and under whose name would the adoption be listed?

How long are you willing to give a new pet to adjust to your household, and what would you do to make sure that the pet’s adjustment is a successful one for the pet and your family?

If the pet starts having any behavioral problems, such as chewing, excessive barking, separation anxiety, housetraining issues, how would you cope with it?

Under what circumstances would you return a pet to Project Zero?

Our adoption contract specifies that the pet will be returned to Project Zero if you can’t take care of it for any reason. Will you agree to this requirement?
Yes
No

What do you estimate the annual cost of taking care of a pet to be, allowing for routine checkups, vaccinations, monthly heartworm prevention and flea/tick prevention as needed? Are you able to financially provide this basic minimum care for your pet(s), plus additional treatment costs for illness or injury?

Would you agree to a home visit before or after the adoption?
Yes
No

Do you now have or have you ever had a veterinarian?
Yes
No
If yes, please list their name(s) and telephone number(s) so we can contact them for references. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENTS TO OUR APPLICATION PROCESS. THE WAY PEOPLE HAVE TREATED PAST PETS AND CURRENT PETS IS A STRONG INDICATOR OF HOW THEY WILL TREAT FUTURE PETS.
Name of veterinarian:

Vet's phone number

Also include information if you have had your pets vaccinated any other place than your veterinarian’s office:

Please list at least two personal references (not family members) who are pet owners and/or have seen you interacting with your own pets. Include telephone numbers and let them know that one of our volunteers will be calling:

We do our best to process this application within 48 hours after receipt, and contact you for a telephone interview before scheduling an appointment for you to meet the pet you’re interested in if the application is approved.

If we receive a negative veterinary reference (current/past pets not spayed/neutered, not current on appropriate vaccinations, etc.) your application will be declined.

Our intention is to place our rescued pets in the best possible homes, not the first ones who apply. We sometimes receive a number of applications for each pet. Please allow us time to process all applications before contacting you.

Submission Guidelines

All fields must be completed before submission. Press the submit button ONCE . Project Zero receives dozens of applications on a weekly basis and we ask for your patience as our volunteers make time to reply to you. Thank you again for your interest in Project Zero.