What Are the Benefits of Being an Approved Rescue Group?

As an approved rescue What are the partner, your group will be extended special benefits and benefits of access to various financial grants that will assist you with being an rescue costs. approved These currently include:  Waived adoption fees rescue  Free vaccinations, deworming, and group? heartworm/feline leukemia/fiv tests  Every 5th animal pulled from the shelter is free  Free Fixins program: Select animals are eligible for fee waived spays/neuter  Heart fund program: Select sick/injured animals are eligible for medical vouchers which can be used by your group at specified veterinary clinics  Only spay/neuter and microchipping fees may be applicable with each pull

Page | 1 Sincerely,

The Staff & Volunteers of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control Division

Dear rescue group applicant, Table of Contents

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police 1. Rescue Group Agreement Department Animal Care & Control Division Rescue Group 2. Code of Conduct Program provides additional Agreement options for the transfer of animals from our shelter facility. We will 3. Rescue Group Profile work jointly with any approved rescue group to assist in providing 4. Rescue Group good homes to as many animals as Questionnaire possible, with the goal of increasing the live release rate 5. Rescue Group Adoption and decreasing euthanasia. The Information Form success of the program depends on the support of groups like you, Please complete each as so please read and complete the thoroughly as possible. This following information so that we packet may be returned either in can begin working with your hard copy form, fax, or via email. organization right away. Mail: We thank you for your interest and commitment to improving the Attention: Rescue Group lives of animals in our community! Coordinator Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal the rescue group’s standard Care & Control Division come in to the shelter. The 8315 Byrum Drive ACCD employee will place Charlotte, NC 28217 the rescue group’s name on an Interested Party (IP) Fax: memo on the animal record at the rescue group’s (704)336-5709 to the attention of request (by phone or the Rescue Group Coordinator email).

Email: 2. ACCD agrees to provide to the rescue group any [email protected] information regarding the animal’s health and temperament given to the Definitions: ACCD by the previous owner, determined by the For the purpose of this document, ACCD staff or by below are acronym definitions: temperament testing. ACCD – Animal Care and Control Division 3. The rescue group agrees to IP – Interested Party contact ACCD within 48 hours after a rescue plea. If Rescue Group Agreement there is no response within 48 hours, ACCD will assume that the rescue group is not The following stipulations and able to take the animal. guidelines are set forth and agreed upon by the undersigned 4. ACCD will make every effort rescue group and the Charlotte- to work with the rescue Mecklenburg Police Department group if they need time to Animal Care & Control Division. make arrangements to find a foster home for the 1. ACCD agrees to designate a animal. However, the representative who will act rescue group understands as the liaison for the rescue that ACCD may not be able group’s representatives to hold an animal should should an animal meeting

Page | 3 space, the animal’s health written verification from a or any other issue take veterinarian after surgery is precedence. ACCD retains performed. the sole authority to determine the availability of 8. If the rescue group’s any animal. operations are based in Mecklenburg County, ACCD 5. The rescue group will will not require them to provide to ACCD a copy of purchase a license for the its’ organizational mission animal adopted from ACCD statement, Federal 501C3 provided the animal is non-profit documentation considered a temporary from the U.S. Department placement animal that will of Treasury, adoption be on site for 6 months or standards and contracts, less. Animals in the spay/neuter policies as well possession of an approved as a list of designated rescue group will retain representatives. rescue state for a period of 6 months. After the 6 6. The rescue group will pay month period, the rescue standard rescue fees group will be required to including but not limited to purchase a license for that microchipping fees and animal. spay/neuter fees. These fees are subject to change. 9. The Rescue Group agrees to inform adopters in 7. The rescue group agrees to Mecklenburg County about have any animal adopted the license requirements. from ACCD spayed or neutered. If the rescue 10. If the rescue group adopts group chooses to do so, an animal with a medical they may utilize the problem, the rescue group Humane Society agrees to seek veterinary Spay/Neuter Clinic by treatment for the animal. paying the standard fee. Otherwise, the rescue group 11. The rescue group will allow will be required to provide ACCD to make a site visit to their residence or facility if by a private citizen, the they are located in rescue group WILL yield to Mecklenburg County. If not the private citizen. located in Mecklenburg County, the rescue group 15. An ACCD employee and a acknowledges that ACCD representative of the rescue may contact group must approve this agencies/individuals in the agreement. jurisdiction to gather any information known about 16. ACCD retains the authority the rescue group. to deny an adoption to any rescue group at any time. 12. Only pre-designated rescue group members will be 17. This agreement may be authorized to pull animals reviewed and/or revised from ACCD. periodically.

13. In the event that an animal 18. Either party may, without is chosen for rescue by cause, terminate this more than one rescue agreement at any time. group, a computerized lottery system will be used 19. The rescue group to determine who receives acknowledges that their the animal. The information may be shared computerized lottery with other city entities to drawing will be held at ensure the rescue group’s 11am on the date the compliance with all city animal is due out. A codes. All rescue groups representative from the must operate within the rescue group must be limits of city code at all present in person at ACCD times. for the computerized drawing. The undersigned representatives hereby agree upon these and 14. In the event that an animal condition: is chosen for rescue by a rescue group and adoption

Page | 5 ACCD representative pet overpopulation crisis on ______their own. The only Date ______solution is for all rescue partners to work together. Rescue group representative  We agree to hold mutual ______respect for one another. We will work collectively to Date ______improve the welfare of animals in our community.  Confidentiality in communications, when agreed upon, should always be respected.  Public or social media allegations, complaints, or insults will not be tolerated. Any concerns involving ACCD shall be directed solely to the Rescue Group Coordinator.  Everyone will conduct him/herself in a responsible and professional manner and will address any issues or concerns directly with the relevant individuals and/or The purpose of this Code of agencies with diplomacy, Conduct agreement is to promote tact, respect, and direct effective understanding and communications. collaboration amongst CMPD  Working to help animals Animal Care and Control and our arouses strong and Rescue Group Partners. Our passionate feelings and vision for the collaboration is to beliefs. Disagreements can ensure a home for every healthy and do erupt. The mission and treatable companion animal. of this Code of Conduct Commitments: agreement is to urge  We are committed to the cooperation and belief that no one collaboration among organization or type of involved individuals and organization can solve the agencies. We strongly urge members to avoid critical 1. Name attacks between individuals ______or groups. ______Address Signature: ______Phone Number Date:______Print name: Email Address ______Organization:______2. Name ______Address Rescue Group Profile ______Name of Group: Phone Number ______Main point of contact: ______Email Address Mailing address: ______Phone Number 3. Name Email address: ______Website: Address ______What is your preferred method of ______contact? Email or Phone Phone Number ______Additional Representatives: Email Address ______

Page | 7 4. Name which may help ACCD ______understand your ______organization’s Address procedures. ______Please complete the following: Phone Number ______1. How long has this group ______been organized? Email Address ______2. How many volunteers and ______fosters do you currently Rescue Group utilize? Questionnaire 3. Does your rescue group or Group Name: rescue group fosters ______operate within a residential ______community?

Designated Representative: 4. What are your ______requirements/limitations of ______transferring an animal (i.e. breed specific, all breed,  Attach a copy of the pure breed, temperament, organization’s Federal health, size, etc?) 501c3 non-profit paperwork 5. How does this group house  Attach a copy of the rescued animals? organization’s mission statement a. Foster homes  Attach a copy of the b. Veterinarian offices organization’s c. Group facility adoption d. Outside Kennel requirements and Structure contract e. Other  Please provide copies ______of any other ______pertinent information ___ Hospital Name: ______6. What veterinarians does ______your group utilize? Address: ______Hospital Name: ______Phone Number: ______Address: ______7. Are there any other Phone Number: references that could ______provide information ______pertinent to this application? Do not include members of the group who Hospital Name: are applying. Suitable ______references can be ______individuals such as Address: adopters, neighbors, etc. ______Name: Phone Number: ______Address: ______Hospital Name: ______Phone Number: ______Address: ______Name: Phone Number: ______

Page | 9 Address: ______12. What is your group’s policy Phone Number: on animals that have bitten ______a person? ______

Name: 13. What is your group’s policy ______on animals that have ______displayed animal __ aggression? Address: ______14. What other information Phone Number: would your organization like ______to provide in order for ACCD 8. Will your group accept to learn more about your animals with medical group? problems? If yes, explain your limitations 15. If your organization is not located in Mecklenburg County, what agency has jurisdiction over animal 9. Will treatment be provided control operations in your to the animal prior to county? placement in a home?

10. Does your organization require every animal to be spayed or neutered? Rescue Group Adopter Info 11. Is the spay/neuter surgery Form done before or after adoption? Group Name ACCD Animal ID Number

Adopter’s Name

Adopter’s Address

Adopter’s Phone Numbers

This form is to be filled out after each rescued ACCD animal pulled from our facility is adopted.

Please forward completed form to:

Attention: Rescue Group Coordinator Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control 8315 Byrum Drive Charlotte, NC 28217

(704)336-5709 or (704)336-7842 Attention: Rescue Group Coordinator

Email: [email protected]

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