1.
Any homeless animal submitted to the Hopeful Network falls
within Hopeful policies. This is not negotiable. The contact
details of the current 'owner' will not be made available on the
Hopeful Network, and all negotiations will take place through a
Hopeful Homer.
2. Any animal placed on the Hopeful Network will be inoculated,
dewormed and, if over 6 months old, neutered or spayed.
3. If placed in a home subsequent to being placed on the Hopeful
Network, such placing will be conditional upon signing of an
adoption agreement with the Hopeful Homer that has taken
responsibility for the animal, and in terms of such agreement,
ownership of the animal concerned vests in the Homer (the
organisation represented by the person who homed the animal) and
not the adopter.
4. A home check will be conducted by the respective Homer to
ascertain the suitability of the premises and the prospective
adopters. The decision of the person doing the home check will
not be negotiable.
5. The final decision as to where the animal will be homed will
be made by the Hopeful Homer, and not the person placing the
animal on the Hopeful Network. Any party seeking to abdicate
their responsibilities in respect of an animal must also
relinquish any rights in respect of that animal, specifically
any rights to decision-making regarding the animals' future. The
Hopeful Homers have experience and expertise sufficient to
ensure the future wellbeing of any animal placed within their
care, and since their responsibility extends into the future of
the animal's life until death, the final decisions concerning
placement of these Homeless animals will be theirs and will not
be negotiable.
6. In the case of pups/kittens under 6 months of age, the
adoption contract MUST specify that the pup/kitten will be
sterilised at age 6 months, if the adopting person/family
sterilise the dog, proof (from their vet) in the form of a
sterilisation certificate MUST be issued to the welfare
organisation or rescue worker responsible for placing the
animal. THIS IS NOT NEGOTIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES AND
FAILURE TO HAVE SAID DOG/CAT STERILISED WILL RESULT IN THE
ANIMAL BEING CONFISCATED. This stipulation must be included in
any relevant adoption agreement.
7. A standardised Adoption Contract and Adoption Application
Form is available here:
Adoption Contract
Adoption Application
Form
8. A standardised set of criteria for home checks, interviews
etc., and homing criteria is available here:
http://hopeful.ws/intro/propcheck.htm
9. ONLY HOMERS may submit animals to the Hopeful Network
to be distributed using the
Animails and to be loaded on
the
Virtual Shelter. They may
ONLY do so using the
Submission Form and
ONLY to the address
animails@hopeful.ws .
Derek
derek@hopeful.ws
