Surrendering pets

No Kill Equation: Retention

No Kill Colorado is NOT a shelter or rescue

If you are looking to surrender a pet, there are a lot of things you can do to make rehoming successful.

We encourage you to look for alternatives. There are alternatives. We want to help you keep your pet in your family whenever possible. Disrupting you and your pets life by giving it away is not the ideal answer most of the time.

before you surrender, please work to rehome your pet directly. You can post your pet on these sites:

Please put your pet out on the following services:

There are few organizations ready to take any pet on a moment's notice, so you need to be patient if surrender is your only option. Two things make surrendering have a better outcomes: Time and/or money.

Safe havens for pets of individuals who are experiencing domestic violence

One outlet that we would like to emphasize is for people trying to get out of abusive circumstances. There are both people and pet organizations that have programs for you. Please visit THIS page and look for nearby facilities that could help you and your pet. Just put in your zip code and find contact information for supporting organizations.

To be clear, No Kill Colorado does not take in animals, we are not a rescue or a shelter, but we might be able to help you. But you need to give yourself time and plan on making an effort to help every step along the way.

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Options

Offer to Foster for your Pet for a rescue and become a foster!

If you can be the foster for your pet while organizations rally to find a home, this is an ideal position to be in. You know your pet, they can stay with you until a new loving family is found, and there is less disruption to their lives.

You can most easily find an organization that will take on the task of finding a family for a pet if that pet is in a family that can hold them until a placement can be found.

You can find many shelters and rescues that you can ask to foster for here.


Make it stand out

Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

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Resources for Surrender

Post your pets information online Locally

Please put your pet out on the following services:

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Prepare for success

We need you to get all the information on your pet together for any organization to help you.

Do not be afraid of these questions. There is no wrong answer. And if you don’t know one, that’s ok too, give as much info as you can. It is just best to clearly define the pet in question so the right organization can best serve the pet.

Pet Information:

  • Your name (or person to contact) and all contact information (phone and email)

    • You MUST provide a name and email for us to crosspost)

  • Location of animal (at least town or zip code but cross streets as well help)

  • At least 1 photo of your pet

    • Quality helps immensely

    • When in doubt, send more photos. Pets with more photos statistically get pulled/fostered/adopted faster.

  • What reason for surrender/need for transfer?

  • Where the contact (and the pet) are located (City, zip code - full address if possible)

    The following is to the best of your ability. But these will likely l be asked if it is not offered up front and delay the time to find help.

  • Pet Name

  • Age

  • Breed

  • Spayed or Neutered (if known)

  • Microchipped?

  • UTD (up to date) on vaccinations?

  • Does the pet get along with cats?

  • Does the pet get along with dogs?

  • Does the pet get along with kids?

  • Are there any medical issues?

  • A description of the pet

    • personality.

    • behavior issues

Lastly - No Kill Colorado will post for you with your information

Additionally, we can cross post your pets for you on our media sites, but you need to provide us all the information above in a bio format with the pictures and give permission your own contact information being publicly posted. You MUST include your phone and email for the post for people to contact you. We cannot act as a middle party.

Pet Information:

  • Your name and contact information (phone and email)

    • You MUST provide your name and email for us to crosspost)

  • At least 1 photo of your pet

    • Quality helps immensely

    • When in doubt, send more photos. Pets with more photos statistically get adopted faster.

  • Pet Name

  • Age

  • Breed

  • Spayed or Neutered

  • Microchipped?

  • UTD (up to date) on vaccinations?

  • Does the pet get along with cats?

  • Does the pet get along with dogs?

  • Does the pet get along with kids?

  • Are there any medical issues?

  • A description of the pet

    • personality.

    • behavior issues

We cannot vet any potential homes, we will only be able to share that your pets are in need. You will need to vet all potential new homes on your own. However, there are people who are familiar with home checks and can help.

If you require someone else's assistance with Home Checks, you can go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/549142145162735/. If you would like us to cross post your pet, please email jessi@nokillcolorado.org.

All the above information pertaining to patience and holding your pet until a new home is found still stands in this situation. We appreciate your patience and remind you that we want to help you find a safe and loving forever home for your animals, so please understand that often takes time to find.

These are all shelters and rescues according to PACFA (Pet Animal Control Facilities Act (PACFA) from 2017. We do not know which facilities are safest for your surrendered pet. We encourage to ask for the policies and procedures for the safety of any surrendered pet before you surrender them. Remember, over 18,000 homeless pets were killed in shelters in 2017, please do everything you can to ensure you pet is safe if rehomed or surrendered.

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