These are inside kitties only. We do not adopt single kittens unless there is already an incumbent playful cat owned. Or adopt another from us or another rescue!

The gorgeous black torti, Dahlia, is so very gentle, quiet, friendly, and affectionate.  She is mom to Cosmos, Zinnia and Basil (born in foster care), from day 1 from the Shelter, with her big pregnant belly, she has been calm like a pond and very loving.  Dahlia is an easy-peasy keeper, she likes to bat around a toy a few times and will engage a bit in a game, but mostly having survived being a single mom, she wants to take life easy; nap, eat, look out the window and get her loves and kisses.  She may do well with other cats and dogs - but its hard to tell as shes a mom just released from her responsibilities and may still be in her protective mode.  But for anyone wanting just ONE companion - Dahlias got it all!  Her perfect home would be where shes an integral part of the family and gets attention and loves...older kids...quieter environment we think would suit her best.  Dahlia loves receiving lots of pets, scratches and kisses.  

If you are interested in meeting these kitties please submit an application by clicking this link; https://www.culpeperhumane.org/adoptions/application/

Once submitted, the vet reference you provided will be contacted (if no vet, please provide 3 personal references, may be family and friends if they have a cat that you interact with), and our Director of Adoptions will schedule a phone interview with you. If approved, you will be contacted by our Foster Coordinator for a (virtual) home visit.  If approved, the foster parent is notified to contact you to discuss the kitten(s) and arrange the logistics for a visit. If both parties are committed to moving forward with an adoption, the foster parent is empowered to do same day adoption. Our rescue group does not have a brick and mortar facility, all our animals are home fostered in our foster volunteer’s homes. You will be visiting a private residence. The application does not oblige you to adopt, nor does the visitation; the application gives us more information to help ensure an appropriate, suitable and good match.

Not first come, first served, but the best possible match made.

Our policy is that we always take our animals back should it prove to be a less than perfect match, or if you are unable or unwilling to care for the animal any longer. We just dont want the animal to go back into the system. It is also our policy NOT to adopt to families with intact dogs or cats (unless there is a medical reason for not doing so). This is an effort to educate and support our national spay/neuter efforts to reduce the unwanted pet population. 

We DO adopt to DC residents, parts of Maryland and Virginia. Occasionally we will adopt far from our epi-center, but will request your local humane society to do a home visit for us and act as our safety net.

Thank you for considering an unwanted and abandoned kitty, and being part of the rescue efforts.