Here are a few selected summaries of organizations addressing the problem of adopting senior pets.

Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society

Established Golden Paws Program for dogs and cats seven years and older. Encourage adoption with financial incentives (starter food and toys, vet check, 20% off vaccines for life). Waives adoption fees and offers two free vet exams per year for FIV+ Goodwill Ambassadors Club members (cats with feline immunodeficiency).

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Dachshund Rescue of North America, Manassas, Virginia

Each June, this organization waives the adoption fee of $135 on every senior in their care (dogs over the age of 10). "Part of our mission is to educate ….. In order to (get seniors adopted), our educational approach needed to have much more marketing savvy. We had begun to wonder if we could even GIVE any of our seniors away. Well, that proved to be the winning strategy. Necessity became the mother of DRNA invention, and Adopt-A- Senior Month was born. The program has provided more foster homes and increased the capacity for the number of dogs we can help."

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Southeastern Greyhound Adoption, Newnan, Georgia

To promote the adoption of senior greyhounds, features them at greyhound festival, created Senior Resumes, added Daily Senior Posts, and special goodie bags for seniors.

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Cat ADOPTION Team, Sherwood, Oregon

Mature Companions: matches people 55 and over with cats 8 years and up and provides a wellness plan for the cats. The plan includes free office visits, free annual comprehensive health exam, 10% off preventive care, 10% off other services, reduced adoption fee, return guarantee of senior can no longer care for cat due to health reasons.

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Animal Placement Bureau, Lansing, MI

Added senior dog page to the website, and four supporting pages describing care of a senior dog etc. Doubled percentage of senior dogs adopted.

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Here is the complete list of entries & full submissions:

Seniior Pets PDF Submissions
File Name	File Size
SRP-Animal_Friends_Humane_Society.pdf	2.9 MB
SRP-Animal_Friends.pdf	6.1 MB
SRP-Animal_Placement_Bureau.pdf	6.0 MB
SRP-Animal_Welfare_Society_Inc.pdf	4.2 MB
SRP-Atlanta_Dog_Squad.pdf	3.4 MB
SRP-Berkeley_East_Bay_Humane_Society.pdf	6.1 MB
SRP-Cat_Adoption_Team.pdf	7.3 MB
SRP-Contra_Costa_Animal_Services_Department.pdf	7.7 MB
SRP-Dachshund_Rescue_of_North_America.pdf	11 MB
SRP-Peninsula_Humane_Society.pdf	2.2 MB
SRP-Senior_Dog_Rescue_of_Oregon.pdf	11 MB
SRP-Sheltering_Hands_Inc.pdf	3.0 MB
SRP-Southeastern_Greyhound_Adoption.pdf	14 MB
SRP-TLC_Canine_Center.pdf	8.6 MB
SRP-Toledo_Area_HS.pdf	8.4 MB