Our adoptable animals are posted to our Facebook page timeline, Coshocton County Animal Shelter & HATA.
We are constantly rotating stray dogs into our shelter, they are not always made available for adoption. They often go home to the rightful owner. We fully vet our animals prior to making them available. A meet and greet appointment is scheduled with an approved applicant, once veterinary care is complete. Resident dogs and children encouraged to meet all pets prior to finalization of adoption.
Adoption Meet & Greets
To meet and adopt a pet from our shelter, we require an application. This can be completed for an animal of interest posted or to tell us more about you as an adopter, and what you’re searching for. We welcome you to inquire about any posted animals and follow up with us regarding your application at any time, by emailing hataofccas@yahoo.com.
Important FAQs
We do not do walk in adoptions at the animal shelter. You must have a pre-approved application on file. Veterinary Reference verified. You must be a current state of Ohio resident (we do not ship animals under any circumstances)21 and over applicants only. When renting your home, landlord signed permission to adopt the dog or cat with housing pet rules (including a contact number) must be supplied for adoption. Submit written permission or pet policy to our email following your submission please to be approved. Coshocton county residents are prioritized for our adoptable pets.
ADOPTION APPLICATION LINK: Prospective Adopter Form
Adoption Fee, Dogs & Puppies, $220.00
What is included in this fee?
4 way core vaccinations
Spay/Neuter Surgery
Dog Tag for current year and county required service fees
Flea and Tick Medication, de-worming
Adoption Fee, Cats and Kittens, $120.00
What is included in this fee?
FELV FIV test
3 way core vaccinations
Spay/Neuter surgery
Flea and Tick medication, de-worming
Other Important Information:
Young and vulnerable kittens and puppies are not kept onsite for extensive periods after intake, but placed in foster care or vet boarding, to ensure health & wellness to the best of our ability.Why so many rescue/transferred pets? Rescue/Transfer networks save lives!
We utilize rescue & transferring routinely for litters, owner surrenders, and medical cases that overwhelm our small budget and small, high intake, animal shelter. The summer and spring months require this space related movement even more so, when our volume is 40-120+ animals and intakes each week. You can inquire at any rescue or partnering facility we partner with to adopt from there, and are encouraged to support our wonderful network!Local Adoption Partnerships:
Coshocton Veterinary Clinic, Dr. Christy and team assist us with many adoptions and meet & greets. Clinic coordinator Kelly (voluntarily) provides assistance like photographs as well, to increase adoption rates from our facility! We also partner with the Chatty Cat Cafe, Zanesville where you can adopt alumni from our facility.
Being an open intake facility and receiving the animals is our goal first and foremost.
Returning strays to owners as a county facility is also of great importance to us here as well. Assessment for adoption or rescue/transfer follows in most cases. Most stray dog intakes, are claimed by rightful owners.
Foster Information:
If you are interested in fostering, amongst other criteria that will be reviewed, you must be located in Coshocton county. This is due to frequent drop offs at our local veterinary offices and maintenance of supplies needs convenience. Please complete the above form but in last column include what you’re interested in fostering (age, type, special needs, seniors). All items for the fosters are provided at no cost to the foster family.