Cat Adoption Team — Local services in Sherwood

"I DON'T CARE" Regarding the possibility they may be adopting out lost cats folk are looking for. I've never written a bad review before. THIS PLACE IS THAT BAD. LIED TWICE in our phone conversation; once about the cat's appearance, the other about the law regarding the amount of time regarding right of ownership. Has made every effort to make it impossible for lost-cat owners to SEE if one for sale might be theirs; and after several interactions, now, having given far too much benefit-of-the-doubt each time, after this last interaction I wouldn't put it past them to lie about something so seemingly crystal-clear as whether the cat wasn't neutered when it came in, just to keep people from seeing if it's theirs. I told him what he was doing was wrong. He didn't care. I told him it was unlawful, he told me to call the cops. This guy has shown himself to have no qualms, no ethics. Does only the bare minimum, knowing if he keeps us out then he can keep his precious plausible deniability, and shirk his lawful responsibility. The only explanation for the level of walling they put up. Otherwise it'd've been as simple as a five minute visit to see the cat wasn't mine. Says he wants to help, then in the same breath says he doesn't care. Read the other bad reviews; EVERY ONE I've read so far basically say the same thing: "Makes you wonder how much they really care about cats' finding good homes."

----update 4/15/21: see the screenshot of their response. It doesn't seem to be appearing, here's the copy/paste highlights: "I think you may be confusing us with another rescue organization." "CAT rarely receives lost or stray animals--most cats come to us from other shelters and rescue organizations. "

First trying to claim this was my mistake. No, I've tried MANY Times to see TWO cats at your building. Every time some excuse to keep me from even looking, even entering the building! Then trying to claim they don't have many strays, yet in the same sentence claiming theirs come from "other shelters." And where do shelters get theirs? STRAYS. This is the EXACT "plausible deniability" they hold so dear to. They wouldn't let me see the first, claiming "It couldn't be yours, this one came from Texas." It had come from "Best Friends" in TX, but upon calling Best Friends, it turns out they get theirs from shelters All Over The Country, Including OR. This is a racket, they can ship cats from shelters here, to Texas, then even ship them back here, so they can shirk their legal obligation to allow owners to reclaim their lost pets. If a person finds a stray, they're legally required to make it possible for the owner to find/claim for 30-90 days (depending on the county). If a shelter takes in a stray, they can put it up for adoption after 3-5 days. They're SUPPOSED to allow the remaining days for the owner to find/reclaim it, even if it was adopted. The adopter is SUPPOSED to be informed of their responsibility. But, because they ship them out of state, they know the owner Won't find it. Then they ship them somewhere else, or even back, to an adoption agency who can quite literally say "we don't/seldom take in strays" and "this cat came from Texas!" And flat-out refuse to even let the potential owner in to even look at the cat. This wasn't just one staff member, Numerous. One even said "if we let /everyone/ in who's looking for their lost cat..." Oh yeah? WHAT would happen? WORST CASE: Someone might see a cat that resembles theirs and get tunnelvision and adopt the wrong one? Paying your adoption fee in gratitude for your taking care of it. Maybe eventually realize it was a mistake and /maybe/ bring it back for a return? Heaven forbid you make a sale based on a mistake. So instead you let NONE in, let no one see whether a cat you've acquired is theirs? This is your business. You can't just shirk those responsibilities because one or two people ask for your time without paying for it. It...

My fiancé and I stopped by here to look at the cats. We recently lost our cat to Liver Failure so we thought now was a good time to look for a new fur baby. While at Cat Adoption Team we were first assisted by a very kind young lady. She walked us into a room to look at Peppermint. Gave us some time and asked us what kind of cat we were looking for. That was when we told the young lady that we were pregnant so we wanted to get a cat before we had our baby. She was very kind and walked us to some cats she thought would be a good fit. She then let us walk around alone as the cats were being fed for dinner. We rounded back to the front to start at Kate and Celeste again when a poorly mannered older lady employee started telling me about how Celeste and I have a lot in common since she just weaned a litter of kittens and how we both have being a mom in common. I think maybe they were over staffed but she continued to tell me about how the guy Jackson Galaxy from My Cat From Hell has a book and it suggests letting the new cat into the baby nursery, creating special shelves and all sorts of things. We thought we could shake her by making another round at the facility but my fiancé and I wanted to visit Celeste to see how she might do on her own since losing her litter to them being adopted. The same older lady helped us. The younger gal was standing in the background as if she was overridden. I much preferred the younger gal. We filled out the yellow paperwork to see Celeste. At the bottom of the backside of the sheet, it asks about your previous cat history. Since losing my last cat the topic of losing him is still quite sour. Once we gave the sheet to the older lady, she then proceeded to look over the form and began questioning us about our last pet. Why we no longer have him. My fiancé took the lead since he knows my heart is still in pain. He told her that we put the information as vague as possible for a reason while still filling the form out. We have owned cats our whole life and our last recently passed. She then asked why he passed, how old he was and didn't we know that if he stops eating we should always take him immediately to the vet? Why yes rude lady. That is why he had a feeding tube placed. He lost so much weight in a matter of days that he ended up dying because we couldn't stop the liver failure. He had a 50/50 chance of survival and he didn't make it. We should have left then. I could barely hold back the tears. My fiancé knew that she over stepped. She gave Celeste in a private room but after that lady, a good connection just couldn't be made. In the introduction room I was able to collect myself without the lady around. We will not be back to this facility. I wish I grabbed the woman's name from our yellow sheet, but I will not be told that I did not do the right thing for my dying pet. I am almost $10k into debt because I did everything I could to save him. We were blessed to have had him in our lives for 9 months. We were looking to bring a new fur child into our family before we welcome a human baby into our home, but it will not be from this facility. I would suggest training your employees better, in a way that is not so abrasive in regards to them losing their animal. The know it all mentality of this woman was so rough and rude. My heart hurts from the loss of our animal but there is no reason that conversation should have...

I would never post anything negative about a shelter if it wasn’t this bad; I started by going into this facility on a weekend to help my sister look for a companion but I found the sweetest little guy ever. He looked so sad in his metal cage and sneezed in my face and I knew he had to come home with me. I was not allowed to hold him due to being on a medication hold as he was sick which I understood but the staff assured me by the next day he would be good to go home after being released by the vet. I live an hour and a half away and work so I called but no answer. Multiple times I called repeatedly and left voicemails with no answer. I had already set up a room for this boy and had spent a 200$ on new stuff for him. My sister had to drive up to this clinic three times an hour and a half EACH WAY to get updates as they had removed him from the website and I didn’t know if he had passed from being sick or if someone else had adopted him. I finally got the little guy home after getting the worst run around and he needed several vet visits however they ensured me if he got worse I could bring him back to the clinic to be seen but after my sister had to bring him back when he completely stopped eating or drinking and they were rude to her I did not want him to be seen there. So moral of the story , buyer beware I know I will never be returning or referring anyone to this shelter. They made promises about care and communication and failed miserably and you could have huge vet bills afterwards. At least I saved my boy.

6 Month update: I was asked to contact the shelter manger and I did, I was never contacted back. I am not some crazy to please, belligerent, rude person. I am STILL getting this sweet boy care and I love him so much. I hope that no one has the experience I did and if you’re looking for a kitty I would recommend trying friends of...