The Animal Assistance Foundation is a private foundation dedicated to supporting companion animal care across Colorado. AAF funds Colorado-based animal welfare organizations.

https://www.animalassistancefoundation.org/

AWAC exists to focus on issues that affect animals and communities in Colorado. Through professional development, advocacy, and collaboration, AWAC represents a powerful voice in the protection of companion animals in Colorado. AWAC is committed to enhancing the Colorado network of humane communities for all pets and people.

https://awac.net/

Aurora Animal Services’s mission is to balance the needs of people and animals as they:

• Provide humane shelter, treatment and placement of animals.

• Enhance and preserve the human-animal bond through education, outreach, adoptions and cruelty prevention.

Learn more: auroragov.org/animal

Black Ops Rescue’s mission is to unite veterans with shelter pets to create a lifelong bond of mutual hope and healing. 

Learn more: https://www.blackopsrescue.org/

Cat Care Society is a limited admission, non-profit cat shelter in Lakewood, Colorado. Founded in 1981, they believe all cats are worthy regardless of age or abilities, and work to improve the lives of cats in need across the Denver metro area.

Their free-roaming shelter uses cages only when medically necessary, giving cats space to play, lounge, and enjoy outdoor catios. Committed to partnering with shelters across Colorado, they take in cats with special needs — including those with FIV, FeLV, diabetes, or kidney disease — providing life-saving care and finding them loving homes.

Learn more: catcaresociety.org

The Colorado Pet Overpopulation Fund (CPOF) is a specific charitable fund established in 2001 by the Colorado State Legislature. CPOF exists to work with animal care and control organizations (including pet rescues), veterinarians, and local communities to curb pet overpopulation in Colorado and to educate the public about the importance of controlling pet overpopulation.

Learn more: coloradopetfund.org

CPP provides pet food to families in financial hardship, with the goal of keeping pets in their existing homes with the families who love them.

See the full calendar here: https://coloradopetpantry.org/events/category/pet-food-banks/

Learn more: coloradopetpantry.org

The Colorado Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA)a professional organization for licensed veterinarians.

Learn more: colovma.org

CVA advocates for stronger animal protection laws and supports policy efforts to improve enforcement of anti-cruelty statutes in Colorado.

Learn more: covotersforanimals.org

Denver Animal Shelter provides animal care and protection services for all of Denver County. They foster the human-animal bond by protecting the safety and welfare of Denver's animals and people. Denver Animal Protection is committed to:

• Providing humane care to companion animals

• Reuniting lost pets with their owners

• Adopting pets to loving homes

• Enforcing Denver County animal ordinances

• Educating the public about animals, their needs and our critical role as a community resource

• The Denver Animal Shelter is an open-admission shelter that is home to nearly 10,000 lost and abandoned pets each year.

Learn more:
denveranimalshelter.org

Foothills Animal Shelter serves as Jefferson County’s only full-service shelter and cares for thousands of pets each year.

Foothills Animal Shelters mission is: Providing support to our surrounding community through education, services that strengthen the human-pet bond, and humane care for the animals we serve.

Learn more: foothillsanimalshelter.org

Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies (GRRR), with a home base in Arvada, CO, is a mostly volunteer non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that helps rescue, rehab, and place unwanted, abandoned, or surrendered Golden Retrievers into loving forever homes.

Learn more: https://www.goldenrescue.com/

Forgotten Felines Rescue is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of homeless cats and kittens in the Denver metro area.

Learn more: https://forgottenfelinesdenver.org/

Humane Colorado, formerly the Dumb Friends League, is a Colorado-based animal welfare organization working with our compassionate community to end pet homelessness and animal suffering.

Learn more: https://humanecolorado.org/

It is the mission of the Humane Society of Boulder Valley (HSBV) to protect and enhance the lives of companion animals by promoting healthy relationships between pets and people.

HSBV is a trusted source for services and information related to companion animals in Boulder and Broomfield counties.

Learn more: boulderhumane.org

The Humane Society of the South Platte Valley (HSSPV) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization established to serve the communities of south Denver.  HSSPV offers shelter, care, and compassion for lost, stray, and unwanted animals, until they are reclaimed by their families or adopted into a new home.

Learn more: hsspv.org

KarmaSue’s mission is to provide education, counseling, and financial support to Coloradan families that have companion animals living with cancer in an effort to honor the human-animal connection.

Learn more: karmasue.org

Riverdale Animal Shelter provides safe shelter for homeless pets.

Riverdale is an open admissions shelter, meaning we take in homeless animals regardless of age, breed, health, temperament or lack of space. On average, they take in over 8,000 stray, surrendered, and abandoned animals. Riverdale provides adoption services to find safe, happy homes for these pets and reunite lost pets with their families. We also provide low-cost vaccination and microchip clinics to help safeguard pets against illness or being lost forever.

Riverdale provides sheltering services for the cities of Brighton, Commerce City, Federal Heights, Northglenn, and Thornton, the towns of Bennett, Hudson, and Lochbuie, as well as Unincorporated Adams County.

Learn more: riverdaleanimalshelter.org

RMHRR is a Colorado-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit devoted to finding loving homes for house rabbits, rescuing those in need, and supporting rabbit owners through educational classes and shop. ​

Learn more: https://www.rmhrr.org

The Rocky Mountain Old English Sheepdog Rescue is a nonprofit organization seeking to assist in rehoming Old English Sheepdogs in the State of CO.

Services:

—Adoptions

— Volunteer opportunities

Learn more: https://rmoesr.org/

Safe Harbor Lab Rescue, an all-volunteer rescue organization located in Golden, Colorado, has rescued, fostered and adopted Labrador Retrievers to loving homes since 2002.

Learn more:
safeharborlabrescue.org

Spay Today is a 501c3, non-profit vet clinic in Lakewood, Colorado that offers low-cost and no-cost essential vet care services for pets in the Denver Metro and surrounding areas.

Their goal is to connect with individuals and families who otherwise would not be able to obtain basic vet care for their pets and provide no-cost and low-cost basic vet care. 

Learn more:
https://spay.today

For more than two decades, The Feline Fix has championed the welfare of all cats via their primary focus areas:

• Spay/Neuter Services

• Adoption & Fostering

• Humane TNR Assistance

Learn more:
thefelinefix.org

The Gabriel Foundation is Colorado's largest parrot rescue and sanctuary, specializing in the adoption and lifetime care of parrots and exotic birds.

Services offered:
—Adoptions
—Owner surrenders
—Boarding
—Grooming
—Behavior consultations

thegabrielfoundation.org