rehoming
Finding new owners
Rehoming is finding a new home for something, almost always a pet.
When owners can no longer care for an animal, they rehome it—placing it with a new family rather than surrendering it to a shelter: We had to rehome our dog when we moved abroad.
The term sounds gentler than "giving away" and implies careful placement rather than abandonment.
Protected place or structure
- fosterEncourage development of
- adoptionLegal family formation
- rescueSave from harm
- microchipMiniature semiconductor processor
spay · neuter · stray · abandoned · sanctuary · rehabilitate · socialization · housebreaking
Encourage development of
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- custodyProtective care or control
- adoptiveLegally taking as one's own
- kinshipState of being related
placement · screening · prospective · matching · permanency · reunification · birthparent · caseworker
Reestablishing in new place
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- migrationMovement to new territory
transfer · transition · uprooting · settlement · integration · adaptation · repatriation · refugee
Moving living growth elsewhere
- repottingMoving plant to larger container
- rootballRoots with surrounding soil
- containerThing for storing items
- soilGround matter for planting
propagation · division · cuttings · nursery · acclimatization · shock · establishment · bedding
shelter
Protected place or structure
microchip · spay · neuter · stray · abandoned · sanctuary · rehabilitate · socialization · housebreaking · screening
foster
Encourage development of
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- custodyProtective care or control
- adoptiveLegally taking as one's own
kinship · placement · screening · prospective · matching · permanency · reunification · birthparent · caseworker · attachment
resettlement
Reestablishing in new place
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- evacuationRemoval from danger
migration · transfer · transition · uprooting · settlement · integration · adaptation · repatriation · refugee · asylum
transplanting
Moving living growth elsewhere
- repottingMoving plant to larger container
- rootballRoots with surrounding soil
- containerThing for storing items
soil · propagation · division · cuttings · nursery · acclimatization · shock · establishment · bedding
- movingmoving, moving truck, move out, move in, movers
- animal lawsanimal protection, dog fighting, bullfighting, impoundment, dog warden
- letting goletting go, forgive, giving up, let go, relinquishing
rehomingabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
abandoning · dumping · discarding · desertion · neglect