Because we are involved with helping communities prior, during and after community disasters/events, we help provide a non-kill rescue adoption fostering program called MISSION HOME (formerly known as Operation Revolution) to help the animals.  We rescue animals from disasters, rural shelters and rural veterinarian offices.  These beautiful creatures are cared for by our loving foster homes and looking for a lifetime home that will provide loving care, proper medical care and companionship.  All animals are examined by our Vet, sterilized vaccinated, medicated appropriately.   

If you are interested in one of these adorable animals, please be sure to read our policy below  and complete our application form below.  We ask for your patience during the adoption process as we are all volunteers - Thank you. 

To see our adoptables on PETFINDER click here.

or you can type this address: www.carrmo.petfinder.org

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FOSTER/ADOPTION APPLICATION

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Once you have completed/signed the adoption application you can:

Email: info@carrmo.org or

Fax: 816-817-5147 or

Mail to:  CARRMISSOURI

PO BOX 101, HOLDEN, MO 64040

Adoptions include health exam, spay/neuter by our licensed Veterinarian, appropriate vaccination(s) for species and age, fecal test exam, dewormer (as needed), earmite medication (as needed), deflea medication (as needed), heartworm testing at time of sterilization surgery (canines) and microchip (canines)*.  Out of State of Missouri adopters are required to have performed a health/travel certificate - see below, additional fees apply. please click here.  

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We will slowly be evaluating random dogs in our program on C-BARQ, which stands for (Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire). The results will be shared with adopters! This will help you determine  additional training or behavior modification that is needed. To learn more about C-BARQ, click here. 

 Other expenses could include pre-surgery blood work, dentals on older cats/dogs, treatment for upper respiratory infections, treatment of fungus infections,  all types of surgeries (i.e., corrective surgery for botched declaws, broken legs, even amputations and many other medical issues). 98% of all the animals that we rescue, are not spayed/neutered.  We make every effort not to adopt sick animals.  We will share all medical information with you during the final adoption process.    Take the time to understand the critical importance of vaccinations (as well as dewormers) and when you rescue an animal be sure to find out what vaccination was used and if all recommended doses were given.  Make sure that if you live in a high risk area that  you are providing proper protection for your pets for parasites. Here are two great sites that we recommend in helping you understand and make wise decisions in the care of your pets or even adoptable pets... These are merely suggestions and we encourage you to talk to your own veterinarian.

http://www.browndogfoundation.org/vaccinations

http://www.newvaccinationprotocols.com/K9%20Recommendations.htm

http://www.omahavaccine.com/articles/combination_vaccines.html

 GENERAL ADOPTION POLICY

We do have an adoption donation fee. We charge for the medical care that is provided, and often give discounts as some medical expenses exceed what we could ever adopt an animal for. (Example: Full treatment of Parvo, Heartworm, etc.)  The adoption fee rarely covers all of the expenses that are required to arrange an animal for a healthy adoption. We do not receive free vet medical care and due to our vets increasing their prices, we have had to increase our adoption prices. Adoption fee's do not cover the costs of rescuing animals, nor the daily care of each animal in foster care. The medical services that are often provided in the adoption fee are noted below.  We realize our application might be scary to you, but we hope you understand that our oath is to the animals. Our priority is to use every tool possible to ensure a loving and lifetime home for each animal under our care. These animals were unwanted.  We take great lengths to ensure your privacy and protect your confidential information. 

CAT/KITTEN ADOPTION POLICY

We do not adopt to anyone who wishes to perform "declawing", to learn the truth about this procedure please visit: www.declawing.com.  

DOG/PUPPY ADOPTION POLICY

We do not adopt to anyone who chooses to leave a dog tied up outside, as the primary place of the dogs residence.  This means tying up a dog for more than 8 hours (consecutive) outside, per day. For clarification tying up means to have a dog on a leash, rope, chain, wire or other such material tied to a object to prevent the dog from leaving premises.  

ADOPTION PROTOCOL

1) Complete our adoption application in full,

2) Submit the application to us,

3) It is your responsibility to ensure we receive your application,

4) Credentialing of your application takes anywhere from 3-7 working business days,

5) Once you have been approved/denied you will receive notification from us of such status,

6) Arrangements are made for visitation of animal,

7) If during visit you want to proceed with adoption then adoption is finalized with contract and any special arrangements.

 
Effective January 19, 2008: We do allow out of state adoptions with the following policy: You must complete the Adoption Application,  You must find and provide a local rescue group in your area to us, that is willing to perform the home visit - you must provide their name and phone number (please contact them first, and receive approval that they are willing to help in this manner - majority rescue groups across the United States are more than willing to help in this manner).  The Adoption Application must be processed and approved by the Board and you must come to Missouri to meet the pet (at your own expense), also you must pay any additional charges for necessary tests/vaccinations/medications that will be needed and make your own travel arrangement of the animal from Kansas City to your home.  You are also responsible for all costs associated in returning the animal to us, if you do not wish to keep, at anytime. We will work with you on this process.  To see a list of travel arrangements for pets, please click here.   There is a mandatory $35 fee that covers a required health exam with Travel Health Certificate for all animals leaving the State of Missouri, this exam and Travel Health Certificate is performed by our Veterinarian, this fee is not covered in the adoption fee above.

Canines evaluation on BARQ (Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire). The C-BARQ (or Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire) is designed to provide dog owners and professionals with standardized evaluations of canine temperament and behavior. The C-BARQ was developed by researchers at the Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society of the University of Pennsylvania, and is currently the only behavioral assessment instrument of its kind to be extensively tested for reliability and validity on large samples of dogs of many breeds. We feel this test will allow us to better find the right home for the canine and will also give adopters suggested recommendations on future training or behavior modification; when adopting the canine.

Our Veterinarians for our adoptable program include, but not limited to: Our Primary Veterinarian In Jackson County, Missouri: SouthPort Animal Hospital, Our Emergency Care Veterinarian In Johnson County, Missouri: Alpine Animal Clinic and Holden Animal Hospital, and our primary spay/neuter Veterinarian in Pettis County, Missouri: Spay and Neuter Clinic.  Our specialty Veterinarian in Holistic Care is: Dr. Patricia Perkins of Canine Performance.  *We are seeking more Veterinarian Offices throughout Missouri that are willing/want to work with us on animals rescued, especially those in their respective communities.  Please contact us to discuss further. 816-697-5055

The importance of spaying and neutering cannot be stressed enough. (Majority of the problems in disasters are in fact the animals that are not spayed/neutered!) There are more cats/dogs in the State of Missouri than we (and all the rescue groups put together) can ever rescue and place into loving homes. We all need to do our part in controlling the overpopulation of cats and dogs. Please we encourage you to be a responsible pet owner and have all your pets spayed/neutered.  

Because our Board of Director President, Tisha, is currently studying to be a Veterinarian and is a member of the AVAR (Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights/www.avar.org) We do NOT adopt out to anyone who wishes to perform the procedure of Onychectomy (declawing) to one of our adoptable cats.  Please understand that we do rescue cats that have been declawed, and therefore do offer these cats up for adoption, to special homes, since the procedure can not be reversed! If you would like to learn more about the truth on declawing, please visit www.declawing.com website.  This includes dog declawing, as well as ear and tail cropping - it is not permitted! Ear Tipping is permitted/required for our barn cat freeroaming program.

All cats and kittens adopted from us, must be inside only cats, unless special circumstances and approval is given because you are adopting a feral/barn (free-roaming) cat from us.

If you are having financial problems and need your pet(s) spayed or neutered, we recommend the following resources.  Feel free to tell them that we referred you:

No More Homeless Pets of Kansas City in Merriam, KS, 816-333-PETS

Spay and Neuter Clinic of Kansas City, 816-353-0940

Dr. Cheryl Albin Spay and Neuter Clinic of Sedalia, 660-827-4844

* All offices offer Freeroaming or Feral/Barn Cat resources, as well.

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