Greene County, Georgia

Sec 8-7 Adoption

1. The animal control department or its designee may offer for adoption any animal unredeemed or unclaimed by the owner after five days or, if the animal is voluntarily surrendered to the animal control department by the owner of the animal, the animal may be offered for adoption immediately. All persons adopting animals shall be over 18 years of age and shall provide proper and humane care, feeding, shelter and protection from the weather and veterinary treatment as required. All persons adopting a fertile dog or cat shall cause to have a female spayed or a male neutered within 30 days of the date of adoption or by the maximum age of six months for a female and nine months for a male, whichever is longer. Any person adopting an animal shall not use the animal for breeding, exhibition or profit and shall not engage in any research involving the use of the animal or supply the animal to any individual or institution which may use the animal in research. The frequency with which animals may be adopted and placed in any household may be restricted.

2. Adoption fees in an amount stated in the schedule of fees and charges may include all or part of the costs of an examination and rabies inoculation and all or part of the costs associated with neutering or spaying dogs and cats.