ASPCA Adoptions

Why it is listed

Use ASPCA Adoptions if you are near NYC, LA, Asheville, Columbus, or Pawling — or you want My Right Horse for equine partners. It is not a national dog-and-cat shelter search like Petfinder or Adopt a Pet. Expect an application survey and location-specific process. Ask about fees and returns before you commit.

Pros & cons

Pros

• aspca.org/adopt-pet 2026-09-07: adoptable dogs and cats from ASPCA programs in New York City (Adoption Center), Pawling NY (Recovery & Rehabilitation Center), Asheville NC (BRC graduates), Columbus OH (Cruelty Recovery Center), and Los Angeles (entirely foster-based; remote adoptions offered). Adoption survey / Adopt Me path named; process may take up to a week.
• My Right Horse (myrighthorse.org), linked from the ASPCA adopt page: gathers hundreds of adoptable/fosterable horses from ASPCA equine Adoption Partners into one search.
• Page also points adopters to local shelter guidance and nationwide dog/cat database links for pets outside ASPCA facilities — useful, but those links are not an ASPCA-operated national aggregator scored as Petfinder-class search.

Cons

• Geographic scope is regional ASPCA programs, not a 50-state third-party shelter index. If you are outside NYC / LA / Asheville / Columbus / Pawling, the ASPCA’s own kennel list will not cover you.
• No adoption fee USD schedule, no New Pet Alerts product, and no consumer app were printed on the adopt-pet page capture. Return policy was not named on that page.
• LA adoptions are foster-based and may be remote — confirm logistics. A featured “Pet of the Week” is not a nationwide inventory.

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