BEFORE: What do I risk?

Do not turn a Pet unhappy while making you unsurroundable worries.

Take time to answer each of these questions, you will get an idea of what you may expect:

My family circle (husband, spouse, childs, parents) agrees?
Will my compagnon be considered as a true family member?
Will he be well housed, well treated?
Will children avoid to make him suffering by including him in their games?
If it is a dog: Do I have time enough to spend 2 hours each day at least with him?
Can I pay its upkeeping ( vaccines, food, veterinary cares, Civil Liability Insurance ...)?
Am I able to train him correctly?
What will I do with him during the holydays, absences?
Who will take care of him if I am ill, if I die?
Will I be able to take him along if I leave the country?

If you feel it is too difficult, even if it bothers you a lot,
DO NOT ADOPT!

The good choice

Few Pets, but well cared Pets.

Above all, for its safety, it must be identified, tattooed:
- You have to know that ess than 0.2 % f not tattooed, unidentifiable dogs, find their owners again after having been lost, all the others (99.8 %) die because unable to live without their owner.
Male or female?
- The female is less runaway and don't mark her territory, but she regularly have babies if she is not sterilized.
Short hairs or long hairs?
- Under ours climates, long hair dogs suffer from heat. More, a long hair dog needs more cares (brushings, washing, deparasiting). To Brush on a regulat basis is essential: Crumbs which hang in long hairs induce entanglements which enlarge by itself, instead of reduce. It ends by inducing pains. The concerned fur area must be cut. By brushing immediately (manual remove+brushing) it never happens. It is a constraint however.
A little dog, or a big dog?
- A big sized dog is more expensive (he eats more) and needs more place. For watching and defense a little dog may give the same services as a big one.
Baby or adult?
A baby would have to be given to persons able to correctly train him, softly.
- In principle, the older he is, the harder his adaptation is, but all is depending on his temperament:
  There are dogs loving changes.
  Cats allows sometimes, but they hate that when they don't choose it by themselves.
  
  It is when he is from 2 to 4 months old that we can form... or deform him, after it will be difficult. Thus, a baby must have a lot of contacts with man otherwise he will remain wild all his life long:
  - It is between 1 and 3 months old that kitty learns to love, or to flee, men.
  - It is between 2 and 4 months old that puppy learns to love, or to flee, men.
  - A puppy must learn to be clean (from six months old), to wear acollar, to walk with a leash (from one year old), to obey (from one year old).
When separate him from his mother?
- A baby must not be separated from his mother before he is three months old because the mother milk is his only shield against diseases.
What about abandoned?
- All is depending on the length and his age during the abandon period. The shortest it is, the less he will get aftereffects:
  - Little young dogs (scrawny, thiny, shy) "which are so pitiful", remain often retarded for life. hey need frequent expensive cures, and are diseases reservoirs..
  - Other abandoned ones who don't have these characteristics will be very faithful and very grateful to you.

Where to adopt?

Most of the Pets to adopt are either in the street, feeded by some good-willings, or temporarily sheltered by welcome families.
The Fenua Animalia "welcome structure", because of lack of political will, and money, is spreaded, and more than fragile for our Pets.

However, since 2006, Fenua animalia is the Papeete Town Hall partner for the management of its municipal shelter.
This structure, located at the end of Titioro, shelters some of the wandering dogs catched by Police:

Titioro Shelter

Even if places are numbered, there is to tell that Papeete mayor is still the only one who took measures to try to limit the wandering Pets proliferation in his commune without passing by the systematic euthanasia square.

You wish to adopt a Pet, think about the shelter, we take the time to care & cure them, they are tatooed, sterilized.

List

The only way to see them is by calling our phone coordination at the 726 726

This may appear reluctant, we deplore too, but "World's prettiest girl can give only what she owns".
We thank you for your comprehension, and above all for your love for our survivors.

The list of Pets to adopt is changing all the time, we invite you to see also at
Fenua Animalia's Adoptions Blog (in French).

By adopting here, you save a Pet from death, and take him out of Hell, and he will be grateful to you for ever, but

the death is always better than endless sufferings.

By adopting a Pet from us, you engage yourself to sign and respect the following contract:

ADOPTION CONTRACT

Fenua Animalia offers to adoption Pets having endured their part of sufferings. Thus, we watch on that they find life conditions guaranteeing their safety and a better future.

Between the association, and the adoptant undernamed here,

LAST NAME :
First name:
Geographical Address:
PO Box:
City:
Ph./Fax :

the following is agreed and stated:

A fenced area (mandatory) is guaranteed to Dogs.
A preliminary meeting and a visit of the place may be done by the association.
The adoptant undertake that any Pet under his responsability have good cares.
This Pet will Never be tied permanently, nor given to a new owner without prior agreement from Fenua Animalia.
The association strongly recommands:
The association maintains a follow-up on the adoption:
If it appears that cures lacks to the Pet, furthermore if he is mistreated, the association retains the right to take him away.


Date:	New owner, Signature :
	("read and approved" hand writed)
Adopted Pet:

For Fenua Animalia :	Signature :
First name
Last name

If you adopt a Pet with us, you will be asked to sign this engagement.

If you don't feel ready to sign it, do not adopt a Pet, through us, or not, you will get problems and you will cause sufferings to those you think to help.