While we don't need any special days or weeks of the year to celebrate our furry (or not-so-furry) friends, here at the library we'd like to share our love of pets with you.
From birds to llamas, we love animals of all types! Celebrate our love of animals by visiting our critter companions blog posts and reading their stories!
Critter Companions: Winter Edition
Critter Companions: Winter Edition II
If you're looking to add a critter companion to your family, here's a list of Denver-area animal 
rescues to help in your search:
Dogs, Cats, Misc. Rescues
Humane Colorado (formerly Denver Dumb Friends League), opens a new window
Perhaps Denver's most well-known and popular shelter, adoptable pets at DFL range from cats, dogs, bunnies, rats, guinea pigs and even horses! Not only do they provide adoption and surrender services, they also provide free and low-cost spay/neuter clinics.
MaxFund is Denver's only true no-kill dog and cat shelter and adoption center. Their adoption process is a little more strict than high-volume shelters, but they make sure every adoption is a good match for each pet and their adopter. They also provide affordable and low-cost vet care at their wellness center.
Soul Dog Rescue, opens a new window
Soul Dog Rescue in Fort Lupton, Colorado, is a no-kill shelter that works on placing cats and dogs in their forever homes. Volunteers travel to rural communities on Native American reservations, to provide free access to spaying and neutering services. Soul Dog works with volunteer veterinarians to provide the spaying and neutering service at no cost to the public. You can meet their adoptable animals at the shelter or at one of their many adoption events.
Foothills Animal Shelter, opens a new window
Foothills Animal Shelter in Golden cares for thousands of cats, dogs and other critters each year, and no animal is ever turned away. FAS provides affordable spay and neuter procedures as well as vaccines and microchips.
Denver Animal Shelter, opens a new window
DAS is an open-admission shelter that is home to more than 7,500 lost and abandoned pets each year. They offer reduced-cost vaccination clinics for dogs and cats that are open to the public.
Humane Society of the South Platte Valley, opens a new window
HSSPV partners with shelters all over the state that aren't able to provide care for animals because of their resources and the hold capacity of their facilities. They are a newer animal rescue, established in 2009.
Cat Rescues
Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue, opens a new window
Cat Care Society, opens a new window
Guinea Pig Rescue
Colorado Cavies, opens a new window
Ferret Rescue
Ferret Dreams, opens a new window
Bird Rescues
Pikes Peak Bird Club, opens a new window
The Gabriel Foundation, opens a new window
Rabbit Rescue
Rocky Mountain House Rabbit Rescue, opens a new window
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