How does it work?

Flowchart outlining the adoption process for the Hay-On-Wye Animal Rescue Team, including application submission, review, home check video, approval, home visit, agreement, collection day, and adoption day.
Screenshot of Hay-on-Wye Animal Rescue Team website page outlining reasons to check animals at home and outside, details about sending videos, and steps for rehoming.
Dog adoption form here
Cat adoption form here
Animal surrender form here
Collage of nine cats in various poses and settings, including sitting, lying down, playing with toys, and in a scratching post.
Collage of six dogs, including a black Labrador puppy, a merle-coated puppy, a Boston Terrier, a Belgian Malinois, a litter of black-and-white puppies, and a brown Springer Spaniel with the tag "Boss".

We rehome depending on the best interests of the animal and welcome applications from different backgrounds - if you’re not sure then just get in touch, we’d be happy to chat more.

Rehoming an animal is a big commitment, our adoption fee covers the basic costs of the animals in our care (flea and worm treatments, microchip, vaccinations and neuter/spay), as well as showing a commitment and understanding from the potential adopter.

For cats and kittens, we ask for a minimum adoption fee of £170, for dogs it’s £450

If you’d like to offer one of our animals a loving home, find one you like and think that you might suit each other, please fill in the adoption form below and email it to howaar22@gmail.com

We'll ask successful applicants to do a video home-check (a walk around with your phone) to check suitability of your home with the animal you wish to adopt. The next stage is meeting the animal and their foster carer at their home, giving you the chance to see them (animal, not foster carer… or possibly both?!) in their home environment and at their most relaxed. And the rest depends on how that goes!

If you have an animal in need of rehoming please complete the rehoming enquiry form and a member of our team will get back to you asap. Sometimes our rescue isn’t suitable due to using foster homes rather than kennels, as well as there being some breeds of dogs we cannot take in due to our insurance. We’ll let you know straight away if that is the case, otherwise we will do our best to support you and give you a timescale as to when they can come to us.