What We Do
We advocate for animals and their families.
We want each pet in our care and the families who adopt them to succeed. How? By listening to the unique needs and expectations of each family wishing to adopt, and then finding the best pet match. We teach families about the unique animal they adopt, including discussing its breed, personality, expected behavior based on factors like age; and how to best care for them. We believe the more a family knows about their new pet, the higher chance for a long, happy life together.
We’re an open admissions shelter, meaning we take in homeless animals regardless of age, breed, health, temperament or lack of space. On average, we take in about 5,500 stray, surrendered and abandoned animals per year including dogs, cats, small mammals, birds and reptiles. We provide adoption services to find safe, happy homes for these pets; and also provide low-cost vaccination and microchip clinics to help safeguard them against illness or being lost forever. And when it’s time to make the very difficult decision to humanely end the suffering of an aging or ill pet, we provide caring, low-cost end-of-life services.
We provide animal-holding and impounding services for the cities of Commerce City, Federal Heights, Northglenn, Thornton; the towns of Bennett and Lochbuie; as well as Unincorporated Adams County.
We are also currently providing services to the city of Brighton, while their shelter is temporarily closed.
