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Pets Re-homing Scheme

Many animals need a second chance at being a favourable pet after they were abandoned or given up by their owners. AFCD encourages the public to adopt abandoned or surrendered dogs and cats through approved non-profit making voluntary animal welfare organizations. Abandoned and unclaimed pets with friendly temperament and healthy condition will be selected for re-homing. These animals include dogs, cats, rabbits, chinchillas and etc.

If the public wish to adopt any animals being held by AFCD, they should urgently contact one of the animal welfare organizations which participate in the procedures for rehoming animals from AFCD.

If the adopter wishes to adopt a specific individual animal currently kept by AFCD, such as a specific stray or other animal which he/she saw caught, then, he/she should urgently contact and alert [by telephone (Tel: 1823) and subsequently in writing] the respective AFCD Animal Management Centre [AMC] to save and keep this particular animal pending the processing of the adoption through the relevant animal welfare organizations.

Download of detailed "Re-homing Procedures for Dogs and Cats" (PDF format)

Download of detailed "Re-homing Procedures for other animals" (PDF format)

Flowchart of Pet re-homing:

  1. Collection and rescue of abandoned or stray animals to Animal Management Centre of AFCD.

  2. Body check and temperament assessment of the animals by vets of AFCD.

  3. Suitable animals will be transferred to animal welfare societies such as SAA or SPCA.

  4. Animal welfare society receives application from public.

  5. Successful adopters should have the dog licenced, neutered and vaccinated against diseases.

Downloading of the PDF file for viewing and printing can be done through the use of the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader software which is available free at the Adobe Systems Incorporated website.

Enquiry: Telephone No.
1823 Call Centre (852)-1823
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image Last Revision Date : 02 January 2009 image