Working with our compassionate community, we will end pet homelessness and animal suffering.
Animal shelter and veterinary services:humane colorado provides compassionate care through comprehensive and high-quality services for pets and horses in colorado who have experienced or are vulnerable to experiencing homelessness, suffering, neglect, and abuse. These services which include veterinary care, behavioral support and enrichment, rehabilitation, foster care (including for pets owned by people experiencing hardship), lost and found services, and adoption are provided at the following humane colorado locations: the leslie a. Malone center in denver, the buddy center in castle rock, the san luis valley animal center in alamosa, and the harmony equine center in franktown (continued on schedule o).humane colorado is a socially conscious animal welfare organization. Socially conscious sheltering, also known nationally as people and animals in community together (pact), is a transparent and thoughtful model for how shelters can best support vulnerable companion animals by providing respectful treatment and placement for every healthy and safe animal. Humane colorado works with its community, city, county, and state policymakers and other shelters to create the best possible outcomes for pets, while nurturing the human-animal bond and ensuring that no animal is turned away due to age, health status, or behavioral challenges. As a socially conscious shelter, humane colorado assesses the behavior and medical needs of each animal, treats these needs whenever possible, alleviates suffering, makes appropriate and humane euthanasia decisions, and places all healthy and safe animals in loving homes.before an animal's adoption and during their stay, humane colorado's skilled shelter veterinary services team examines, evaluates, vaccinates, microchips, and spays/neuters cats and dogs. A variety of specialized surgeries and other life-saving treatments are also provided to shelter cats, dogs, and small mammals.in fiscal year 2025, humane colorado welcomed more than 17,000
Community veterinary services:humane colorado believes that veterinary care is essential to keeping pets healthy and with the people who love them most. The organization's veterinary hospital at csu spur, located in denver's globeville-elyria-swansea neighborhood, provides urgent care services for ill and injured pets whose families would not otherwise have access to veterinary care because of financial and other barriers. The fees at csu spur are highly subsidized, with flexible payment options available if needed. If a family can afford to provide care for their pet, they are directed to other excellent veterinarians in the community.(continued on schedule o)as part of the organization's commitment to reducing the number of free-roaming cats and homeless pets, the humane colorado spay/neuter clinic, located on the csu spur campus, offers subsidized spay/neuter surgeries and core vaccinations for colorado cats (including owned cats and community cats brought to the hospital via humane trap-neuter-return services) and owned dogs. Moreover, humane colorado hosts regular pop-up vaccine clinics for owned cats and dogs and their families in underserved communities across the denver metro area.in fiscal year 2025, humane colorado provided accessible, donor-subsidized veterinary care to nearly 29,000 owned pets and their families, of which, nearly 9,000 were urgently ill or injured. Additionally:- performed 12,986 spay/neuter surgeries; 567 dentals; and 772 other surgeries, including orthopedic, soft tissue, and wound-repair procedures- administered 30,417 vaccinations to protect animals in the community from infection and disease
Outreach and educational services:community engagement and education play an essential role in fulfilling humane colorado's mission to end pet homelessness and animal suffering. By sharing messages of compassion, kindness, and respect for animals and people, the organization is planting seeds for a world where all living beings are cared for and valued. Humane colorado offers a range of humane education programs in and for under-resourced communities, support for adopters of dogs with behavior challenges, and an online library of free animal care resources. The organization is also home to a dedicated call center team, which provides vital information and bilingual support to people and pets throughout the community.(continued on schedule o)during fiscal year 2025, humane colorado:- received the generous support of 18,165 donors.- benefitted from 1,476 volunteers who donated 179,647 hours of service the equivalent of 86 full-time employees.