Adopt Or Find A Pet

Please help us find homes for these wonderful animals: View our Cats on Petfinder View our Dogs on Petfinder View our Cats on Petango View our Dogs on Petango View our Pets on AdoptAPet

My name is Jemma 2 years old, small, female, Ginger-Orange Domestic Short Hair Tabby cat. Jemma came to BCHS with her sisters and brother. She is reserved around people she doesn't know, but every month she is here she warms up to more volunteers and is willing to get petted and play interactive toy games with us. With more careful attention and trust-building, Jemma will probably grow into a loyal, loving lap cat once the purrfect quiet family chooses to adopt her. Jemma gets along with the other cats she lives with in the BCHS community cat room. Jemma's "big" twin brother Thackery is also available for adoption.

My name is Louise (Weezie). 8 years old, medium, female, Terrier Mix dog. Weezie was in a home for 6 years and her owners just returned her to BCHS because she suffers from separation anxiety. When she was originally adopted she had the problem, but her owners never addressed it and Weezie continued to have the problem. They say she's the perfect dog other than for the separation anxiety. Weezie lived in a home with 2 small children and another dog. She played with them and didn't cause any problems as long as someone was home. She really misses having her home and hopes someone will give her a second chance and help her deal with her separation anxiety. BCHS strongly suggests that if you want to adopt Weezie, you should already have a strong background in dog training and a family/work situation that will give you enough quality time to work with Weezie. Weezie will repay you a hundred-fold with love in her senior years.

Use the 2 scroll boxes below to find adoptable BCHS pets:

Our Cats and Dogs would love to meet you! Here's how:

During the week, you can meet our CATS at the BCHS office at 1403 S. Fourth Street in Greenville on Monday, Thursday or Friday afternoons, or by appointment. Please call to make an appointment to meet our DOGS, as some are housed off site and some are living in foster homes. These adoptions are most often conducted at our office.

You can also meet our animals during our Saturday trips to Petco and Petsmart. BCHS transports a representation of our dogs and cats into the more metropolitan shopping areas each Saturday to give more pet-loving people a chance to see the wonderful adoptable animals in our care. These Saturday Adoptions are conducted at:

PETCO - Fairview Heights, IL on Route 159
1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month

PetSmart - Glen Carbon, IL on Route 159
2nd and 4th and 5th Saturdays of every month

Want to adopt a pet?

We require all prospective families to fill out an adoption application form. After we receive your completed application, a BCHS representative will call you for an interview. We carefully screen all applicants to ensure that our dogs and cats are placed in loving homes.

To apply please fill out the online application and email it to bchs4pets@sbcglobal.net.

You may also out print the adoption application form and snail mail it, or submit it in person to:
Bond County Humane Society
1403 South Fourth Street
Greenville, IL 62246

Give yourself or someone you care about the gift of a companion animal.

But remember to be careful while you are excited and thoughtful. Can you afford a pet? Are you allowed a pet? Are you picking the right breed or temperment of pet? Will you give your new pet a forever home FOR EVER? Before you adopt, learn all you can about cat/dog care and training. Be realistic and be ready - and your animal companion will be ready for you, too. Click here for an adoption application form. After we receive your completed application, a BCHS representative will call you for an interview.

Adjusted decrease in cat adoption fees

Bond County Humane Society is announcing a reduction in adoption fees for adult cats (at least one year old) that have been in the shelter for 30 days or more. The fees have been lowered from $90 to $60. This reduction goes into full effect in April 2010. But it may not last long. The cost of vaccinations is on the rise and this extra cost will someday be reflected in our adoption fees. Find your new feline friend now!

Sponsor a "Difficult to Place for Adoption" cat or dog!

Sometimes a kitten or puppy comes into the care of Bond County Humane Society and it is initially too sick or too scared to become available for adoption right away. This kitten or puppy grows up in our cat shelter or our dog kennel over several months. It is now healthy and wishing someone would notice him/her and want him/her for their very own. BUT now it is an adult - not as cute and not as playful and not as indiscriminately affectionate as a younger animal. Many people pass him/her by each week. No one wants to adopt him/her when there is a baby animal to add to a family instead. This is not the cat or dog's fault. But it is sad and it is expensive for us. It means that Bond County Humane Society is still paying money to feed him/her, paying money to give him/her a bed to sleep on and vaccination shots and parasite prevention medication and toys to keep him/her mentally healthy and alert. Now you can help! You can choose a dog or cat to sponsor regularly each month and help support a pet in need until the perfect family finally comes along to adopt it. Visit our list at Petfinder to meet the animals who need your help right now. Then call 618-664-4068 to find out more information about sponsoring a "difficult to place for adoption" pet still living in shelter care.

Sponsor-A-Pet via PetFinder

For another way to help a pet even if you can't adopt, click on an adoptable animal's PetFinder profile and register to donate an amount that will go directly to BCHS and directly to that pet! It costs an average of $180 to provide care for a pet while s/he waits for a home. Each contribution you can afford to make enables a pet to get cared for until a new loving family comes along. They all deserve this chance!

Purina Pets For Seniors

BCHS offers special adoption discounts for seniors 60 years or older. This discount is made available through the Purina Pets For Seniors program. Qualifying adopters 60 years of age or older may adopt a cat or a dog from BCHS and receive a full adoption fee discount. Some restrictions do apply and a limited number of applications are available each year. [Purina Pets For Seniors Program Information updated September 2011.]

Saturday Adoption Day Events

Adoption Days are the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Saturdays of every month at Glen Carbon, IL PetSmart Store on Route 159 and the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month at Fairview Heights, IL PETCO Store on Route 159.

Below are some photos of our Volunteer Adoption Counselors, Volunteer Adoption Assistants, Adopting Families and our Adoptable Dogs and Cats from typical Adoption Saturday events.