Adoptions: Our goal is to place as many healthy, non-aggressive animals as possible with qualified, committed, loving families. We provide several types of adoption opportunities, and work with other licensed animal rescue groups to save as many adoptable animals as possible. We reserve the right to decline adoption if to do so is in the best interest of the animal or the applicant. FOHCAS participates in virtual shelters petfinder.org and displays animals through
Wal-Mart's Very Best Pet Network. In compliance with Georgia state law, all animals adopted from us must be spayed or neutered.

Lost & Found: FOHCAS maintains a lost & found bulletin board for the local community. We also urge people to call the John B. Gesbocker Animal Shelter immediately if their pet is missing.

Community Education: FOHCAS provides speakers for community and civic organizations, participates in the Clarkesville-Habersham County Library summer reading program, displays educational material at events, and provides copy for the Habersham County Pet Page in the Northeast Georgian. Educational programs focus on responsible pet ownership with special emphasis on pet overpopulation, pet health, and the importance of pet identification. Please contact us if your organization is interested in having our Shelter Director as a guest speaker. We also print a quarterly newsletter called Wags N Whiskers available to members.

Spay/Neuter: FOHCAS allows citizens to participate in a program called "Adopt-a-Stray." This program provides low-cost spaying or neutering and vaccines to people who have taken in a stray dog or cat.

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