Shelter
Salem Animal Rescue League
Salem Animal Rescue League
The Salem Animal Rescue League (SARL) saves the lives of abandoned, neglected and injured animals by providing a safe haven, compassionate care and new permanent homes for them.
The Adoption Process
In order to make the proper match between you and your new family member, we take many things into consideration. Placing a pet in a new home that is best for the family and their new companion pet is what we consider most important. We do not place pets on a first come, first served basis.*
If you see a cat or dog on our website that you are interested in, please call before driving a long distance to make sure he/she is in our shelter and currently available. Some animals have a high interest level and may get adopted faster than we can remove them from our website, and some animals are placed in temporary foster homes and may not be in our shelter during every open hour.
Every situation is different, so please understand that we are trying to make the best match for both you and our animal friends!  If the right match does not occur today, it doesn't mean it will not occur the next time around. Our adoption counselors are trained to help you find the right pet for your family.
*First Come, First Served Policy
Our policy with all of our adoptable pets (but especially so in the case of puppies and kittens, who often receive a very high number of applicants at the same time), is that if multiple people walk into the shelter and are all great fits for the animals, we go with the first application we receive that is a good fit. When we say that we do not place on a "first come, first served" basis, we are saying that we would never send a pet home with a bad fit simply because they were the first ones to inquire about the anim