Adoption Fees

Any and all fees are subject to change at any time with or without notice.

  • NOTE: Application for adoption does not guarantee acceptance for adoption. Hillside SPCA reserves the right to accept or deny any application or potential adopter.
  • NOTE: All current pets in a household must be spayed/neutered and up-to-date on vaccines before adoption will be considered for approval. 
All adoption fees include PA State sales tax
SMALL CRITTERS
$20
 
CATS
$65 cats
$55 senior cats ages 10+
$55 for kittens 8 weeks to 6 months of age ($25 back after spayed or neutered)
Fees include Feline Leukemia and AIDS, veterinarian style testing, plus deworming and shots.
Rabies vaccine must be obtained by the owner after adoption if applicable.
DOGS
$300 for puppies 8 weeks to 6 months of age ($50 back after spayed or neutered)
$250 dogs
$75  senior dogs ages 8+
Fees include spay/neuter (if applicable), microchip, and current vaccinations.
Rabies vaccine must be obtained by the owner after adoption if applicable.
A licensing fee is not included in the adoption fee. All dogs must be licensed upon adoption.

All potential adopters are required to complete and submit our Prescreen Form.

IMPORTANT: We do not refund fees if you return an animal – no exceptions.

Information regarding adoption fees:

Why do you charge a fee at all? isn’t it just better to find the animal a home?
Fees help to cover many costs incurred upon intake which include, but are not limited to: distemper and bordetella vaccines, worming, spaying and neutering if not already altered, feline leukemia testing, food, shelter, and veterinary care, state sales tax. Often animals that come to us are in very poor health and require extensive veterinary care or they are here as a result of an extensive rescue effort. The cost of spaying and neutering has skyrocketed. The cost to care for each individual animal increases every day they are at our facility. The current fees either barely cover or do not nearly cover the cost to the shelter to protect, feed, and care for each pet under our roof, especially if spaying/neutering or other medical care is involved or the animal is here for awhile before getting adopted. The Hillside SPCA is otherwise funded only by donations, we do not receive funds from any national humane organization or SPCA, either, and in fact, are not affiliated with any other SPCA, or Humane Society, local, state, or national. Adoption fees help us cover the extensive cost of running a shelter the size of Hillside (close to one million dollars annually.)