Adopting Your Pet
Thank you for considering adoption of your next best friend from the Humane Society of Lebanon County. We have many wonderful pets who can't wait to join your family.
See our adoptable dogs
See our adoptable cats
See other animals looking for homes
Learn more about our Free to a Great Home program
Click here for our adoption application
Please note that not all of our animals available for adoption are on our website, and animals on the website may have recently been adopted. Please call us at (717) 628-1369 or email us if you have questions about a specific animal.
Adoption Fees
| Sterilized Dogs | Unsterilized Dogs | Sterilized Cats | Unsterilized Cats | |
| Young | $125 | $155 | $50 | $80 |
| Adult | $100 | $130 | $30 | $60 |
| Senior | Free! | $30 | Free! | $30 |
Young - Puppies or kittens under one year of age.
Adult - Dogs between one and seven years of age; cats between one and ten.
Senior - Dogs eight years or older; cats eleven years or older.
Unsterilized animals are subject to a refundable deposit of $30 that will be refunded to you once your new pet has been spayed or neutered.
Free to a Great Home
The Free To A Great Home program seeks to remove some of the obstacles older homeless pets face by waiving the adoption fees for senior animals, as well as any animal that has been available for adoption for eight weeks or more.
How the program works:
- Interested adopters go through the normal adoption screening process.
- If approved for adoption, any dog eight years and over and any cat eleven years and over are adopted at no charge. Also, any cat or dog which has been up for adoption for eight weeks or more may be adopted at no charge through the Free to a Great Home program!
- Adopters receive all the same benefits and responsibilities as regular adopters.
We hope that this program will help even more older pets get the homes that they need and make room in our shelter for even more younger animals! Consider an older pooch or kitty (maybe get a puppy or kitten while you are at it!)
Licensing
If you are adopting a dog or puppy over three months of age, Pennsylvania law requires that you purchase a dog license at the time of adoption. Fees vary from $4.95 to $8.95 depending on the adopter and the dog's sterilization status. We can provide Lebanon County residents with a 2013 dog license when adopting. Residents of other counties must obtain a license from their County Treasurer or a satellite office.