Ready to make your house a home?
***Adoption Applications & Available Pets are linked below - Please read entirety of page before applying to adopt***
Adoption not only saves the life of an animal in need, but can also change yours for the better and make a house a loving home.
Our adoption process consists of an application, interview, home check, and meet & greet between the family and our adoptable pets. At Rafiki's Rescue, we do our best to match make and find the perfect fit for both your needs as well as the adoptable animals'. If you're looking to add a whole lot of love and joy to your family, the process starts here...
All pets go through extensive vetting & quarantine before being cleared to find forever homes. At minimum, each one is spayed/neutered, fully vaccinated for core vaccines, microchipped, FIV/FELV tested (for cats), fecal tested, & dewormed.
Cats: $175
Kittens: $200 Pair: $350
Special Breeds: $250
Sphynx: $400
Dogs: $300
Puppies: $350
Send in an application today!
***Important Information & Adoption Criteria***
Applications must be completed thoroughly and in full to be considered. Applications will only be considered for pets currently listed under our PetFinder account (Link Below!) If an animal is not listed, they are not yet ready and we are not accepting applications at this time (Unless you have met said animal at an adoption event or or the animal was announced available for adoption publicly on another social platform).
Please read their bios through and make note of their personalities, needs, & requirements as applications will only be considered for those who meet their needs. PLEASE NOTE whether a cat or dog requires another feline or canine companion in their home, some do and some do not. Applications will not be considered for solo pets who's bios indicates the need for a companion. Bio will also dictate whether a dog is an adequate feline companion substitution in a specific cat's case. MOST TYPICALLY cats require a feline friend. All information will be stated in their Petfinder bio. IF A PAIR OF PETS IS LISTED AS BONDED - THEY WILL NOT BE SPLIT.
If you have emailed about adopting, you must be 21 years of age or older & fill out an application to be considered.
Please note that we are a very small, team of volunteers and applications can take a few days to review. Thank you for your patience!
***Our standard adoption radius is within a 2hr drive of Orange County, CA. Out of state inquiries are only considered for select, involved, special needs cases. More information on our adoption radius & policies below.***
Why do we have an adoption radius and what qualifies a considered expansion?
The lifelong wellbeing of the animals in our care is of our upmost priority and every decision we make is with them in mind. Each animal that enters our care has the lifelong assurance that they will always have a home or safe haven and that our resources are always available to them. In order to best keep this promise, local adoptions are in their best interest for easy access back into our care if needed or medical assistance with our qualified and expansive team of veterinarians and specialists. We believe that shelter animals all over the US deserve their chance at a forever home and that looking locally should be every adopters priority. There is no shortage of available pets! For this reason, we do not see the need to expand our adoption radius for healthy, normal family pets outside of Southern California. This also eliminates the need for unnecessary, high stress situations such as in travel.
Certain, unique circumstances may qualify consideration for an expanded adoption radius, most typically to Northern California. While each scenario varies, this may be considered for involved special needs cases, behavioral cases, or long term residents who would thrive beyond our care elsewhere. Most pets who have been in our care for longer than 6 months are available for adoption in all of Southern California rather than our standard 2 hour driving radius of Orange County. Please note, however, that adopters would be responsible for traveling on two separate occasions. Firstly, to meet interested pet and, secondly, for adoption pick up. We do not conduct same day adoptions on days of meet & greets. For special needs or medical cases, adopters must have access to emergency and specialty care local and accessible to them to be considered for out of range adoption. Each case and each decision is weighed based on the unique needs of the animal in question and our mission and priority will always have them at the forefront of our decision making.
If you are not local, we love and appreciate you none the less from afar! We know that your perfect companion is out there, locally. Thank you for being here and supporting the work that we do and place our whole hearts into.