It may just be a coincidence that this FurhomePH project is soft-launched on International Cat Day or August 8, 2025.
This has not been a real need until recently that the local community here in Baguio City, Philippines has a lot of cats and dogs needing a new home. This website is conceptually simple. It allows you screen people interested to adopt better.
Let us choose due diligence as cats and dogs also have lives. The Philippines, in fact, has very strict laws about pet ownership and animal welfare.
While generally, there are a lot of issues surrounding pet ownerships, stray cats and dogs in the Philippines, the most important concern is really properly rehoming them.
Let us highlight the importance of SCREENING since we do not want temporary homes most of the time.
Why the Philippines Needs This
Do you know that the stray animal population is in multiple millions?
Instead of buying a cat or a dog, why don't you just adopt strays who are in shelters or fostered by individuals who rescued them.
The Philippines may be a relatively poor country, but my experience living in different countries including Australia can tell you a different story. Generally, even Philippine laws are better for animals. In many countries, just feeding a stray cat is illegal. This was mind-boggling for me. Even if it does long-term harm since they multiply like crazy, I do not believe that they have to be starved since the ecosystem will be affected including the loss of other wildlife if you just move domesticated cats to some far-flung areas.
Every Cat and Dog Deserves a Home
A home is not just a big house. They need people to help them out. Their survival actually depends on people who would understand their needs. This is where screening well matters. While there are probably people who are better off not having any pet like people who work over 19 hours a day and yes, they exist and can be common in I.T field and medical field, there are also people who probably should not get a pet because they just think they are cute. There is nearly no difference between having a pet and a child. Arguably, the Philippines should also require licenses just for people to make children in the future.
How This Site Should Be Used
This site only exists to help rescuers and people who foster cats and dogs to rehome pets. This site is not for solicitation of amounts to raise money for vet fees and anything. I highly recommend using GoFundMe for that.
The features of this site are limited for a reason. This only allows posting pets for adoption including images and provides a way for rescuers and people who foster cats and dogs to track and review all inquiries in a single page. They can be marked as reviewed.
There may be future improvements for this site as needed like support for Android and iOS, more email notifications and better rendering on different devices. Your feedback will be appreciated. Read more about what this site is for through the About page.
Check Out Cats Available For Adoption
At the moment we have a lot of cats available for adoption. Due to space limitation, we are unable to foster dogs but some who foster dogs can use this website. Please check the home page and share pages even if you cannot adopt.