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Do you need to find a new home for your pet?

For over 127 years, the Connecticut Humane Society has been working with the community to help place homeless pets with new families.  But unfortunately, pet overpopulation is still a challenge. Before making the difficult decision to surrender your pet for adoption, please make sure you have researched all your options.  Any one of the ideas immediately below might help you keep your beloved pet.

 

• Contact the Connecticut Humane Society location closest to your home for assistance.  In order to serve you in the most effective and efficient manner possible, we encourage you to schedule an appointment to bring your pet in for adoption. 
  
  
• Pets must be accompanied by their legal owner.  If this is not an option, the person dropping off the pet must bring written documentation from the legal owner giving permission for the pet to be taken in for adoption.
  
  
• Allow yourself sufficient time for filling out legal paperwork including a Pet Personality Profile.  We require this information so that we can proceed with medically caring for the animal and placement of the animal in our adoption program.
  
  
• In Newington and Westport,  a minimum donation of $60 is requested to drop off each pet.  In Waterford, the minimum donation amount is $50.  This money helps to defray the costs of caring for pets while they are in residence in our shelters.
  

The Connecticut Humane Society reserves the right to accept or refuse any animal presented for surrender.