Atlantic County Animal Shelter

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If I could rate this shelter lower, I would. My roommate and I recently adopted a cat from this shelter who we were told had no health issues. It was obvious upon adoption that he did in fact have something going on with his eye, but we were told that the vet had checked and he was perfectly not healthy. So we just passed it off as a cataract. Good thing we took him to the vet the same week we adopted him. We were told he had an eye infection as well as two eye ulcers! When we called the shelter they said that they knew about the ulcers and they had medication for him if we had just asked. Why would we have asked about ulcer medication if we were told he was perfectly healthy? He was at the shelter for a MONTH before we adopted him. After two days of medication his eye has improved significantly, leading me to believe that he was being kept there with no medication at all. Now we find out he also has intestinal parasites. We have had him for a week and he has cost us $500. Thank god we love him more than anything. The shelter is telling us there’s nothing they can do and it’s OUR fault. This place is inhumane and does not have the best interest of the animals at heart. Disgusting.

After losing my 5-year-old cat to vaccine-associated sarcoma, I went looking for another kitty. I went to a number of shelters, and I have to say that I never saw such gorgeous cats and kittens as I found at this one.

I finally found a little black kitty that I fell in love with. After I put in an application, the shelter realized that he had an upper respiratory infection. No biggie; this is very common in shelters. They kept him an extra week, treated him, neutered him and off we went.

Then I took him to my vet for his "free visit," and it turned out that he had ringworm and ear mites. So the "free visit" cost me $150! At my vet's recommendation, I called the shelter to alert them to this, because ringworm is especially contagious. The staff there was concerned and apologetic, and they agreed that the shelter vet who examined my kitty should have figured this out and treated him before I took him home.

Meanwhile, about 10 days after I got my kitty, the Humane Society of Atlantic County announced on their Facebook page that they were suspending cat and kitten adoptions for two weeks due to an outbreak of illnesses. Further, they offered to treat any recently adopted kitties who may have been sick at their full-service veterinary clinic, free of charge.

This shelter should have done the same; they should have offered my kitten care.

Although I love my new kitty, I am disappointed in this shelter.