Every day, Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society strives to find the best matches for homeless pets as effectively and efficiently as possible. You can give more pets lives full of love and comfort through adoption. GMHS has dogs, cats, small animals, and birds just waiting to make their heart connection. If you are ready to meet your match or wondering how adoption works, let us walk you through our matchmaking process.
If you are thinking of adding a pet to your family, we encourage you to submit an adoption questionnaire at gmhumanesociety.org/adoption-process prior to visiting our shelter. Your responses will help our adoption team learn more about the type of pet you would like to welcome into your heart and home. We believe in asking the right questions to learn your needs and match each pet with an adopter to meet theirs. For this reason, the first application submitted for a particular pet may not necessarily be the home selected for the pet. Identifying important or desirable char...