Adoptable Animals

Animal Lifeline of Iowa has animals looking for their loving forever homes. You'll find many of them on our website and we add more regularly. You can also follow us on Facebook for adoptable animal photos and stories. If you don’t find your new pet today, please bookmark this page and check back regularly.

Remember, adopters must be prepared to give lifelong love and care to the animal they adopt. The animals here at Animal Lifeline's Shelter are very important to us. Please read the guidelines and requirements below, we hope you will understand and share in our efforts to place these animals in the best of homes.

Please note that the application will take between 10-20 minutes to complete. We hope you understand that it is very important to us that we find excellent loving homes for our animals. 

All cats/kittens are spayed/neutered, current on vaccinations, Feline Leukemia & FIV tested, wormed & microchipped & microchip registered to adopter.

All dogs/puppies are spayed/neutered, current on vaccinations, heartworm tested, dewormed and microchipped & microchip registered to adopter

In addition, all adoptions include information on the care of your new pet and a free veterinary exam at selected veterinary clinics in the metro area.

Adoption Guidelines and Requirements

1. Adoption Applicants must be adults of legal age and present photo identification at the time of adoption. 

2. All animals will be placed as inside pets only and become a part of your family. 

3. Applicants wishing to adopt cats/kittens must be willing to consider alternatives to declawing. 

4. No animal will be released for adoption as a gift to another person. The recipient may not want an animal, the animal may not be suitable for the recipient’s life style or the recipient may not meet the criteria for a responsible pet owner. Animal Lifeline will issue “Gift Certificates” that may be redeemed by the recipient, but Animal Lifeline reserves the right to refuse adoption to any person that fails to meet the criteria for a responsible pet owner. 

5. Adopters must be prepared to give lifelong care to the animal they adopt. 

6. If the applicant rents, approval from the landlord is required before the adoption application is approved. This is for the protection of the animal and the adopter. 

7. No animal adopted from Animal Lifeline of Iowa may be sold or given away to another person. If the adopter can no longer keep the animal, for whatever reason, the adopter or family should contact Animal Lifeline of Iowa to arrange for the pets return. 

8. All adopters agree to fit their new dog with properly fitting collars bearing a permanent tag with the owner’s name, address and phone. All dogs are adopted from the shelter with a temporary tag bearing Animal Lifeline’s name and phone. 

9. All animals are micro-chipped and the microchip will be registered to the adopter. 

10. Serious consideration is given to the adopter’s ability to provide adequate exercise for a dog. Fenced yards are preferred. 

11. Animal Lifeline may conduct a Pre and/or Post-Adoption home visit. 

Adoption Approval Requirements

1. If you currently have pets, we require your current veterinarian information. We will contact your veterinary clinic/veterinarian to verify that your current pet(s) are sterilized and current on vaccines. 

2. Adopter must have a phone. 

3. We reserve the right to refuse adoption to anyone. 

4. All adoption decisions are final. 

5. Adoption fees and adoption deposits are non-refundable.