What is the time limit?

Even in light of all we have done to communicate our success we still hear this question. The Lynchburg Humane Society does not have a time limit on the animals we have up for adoption. If the animal continues to thrive and doesn't deteriorate behaviorally or to a medical condition we can't deal with then we continue to hold them until they find homes. Where the time limit comes in is if we have a stray animal we have to hold them for a state required limit of time before we can adopt them. With stray animals that come in without a collar we hold them for 7 days and with a collar we hold them for 12 days.

The other question we get a lot is what is the age limit that we place up for adoption? How old is too old. Honestly, we don't care how old they are if again they are medically and behaviorally sound. We have had a 11 year old beagle, a couple of 10 year old large black labs and many senior cats that have all found homes. This community is great about helping those in the greatest needs and we have no problems placing them if they are in fairly good health. We often discount the adoption fee to encourage the adoption knowing the adopters may have medical issues to deal with and always encourage them to return the animal if they find it is too much. All this being said, we do look hard at older pets to make sure we aren't placing obvious major medical issues up for adoption or ones with behavior problems. We have to be wise with our resources so we can help the most animals as possible without overlooking those that need us the most.

We take everything in that is brought to us regardless of age or condition. However, we are always honest with people when they bring us difficult cases so they understand the potential outcome and can decide if they want to bring it to us or not.