Cost of care is often a contributing factor when people surrender their pets to animal shelters. The average cost of care for a cat in a home is between $700 and $3,000 a year for necessities and routine vet care. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the cost…
Some dogs make an impact on everyone at Humane Colorado. Bella is one of them. Bella was in our care for some time before her adoption day. As a worker breed, she has the energy and intelligence to outrun most humans! In her time with us, Bella passed our…
Every year, we see thousands of animals go to new homes and are always thrilled to receive updates with everything they are up to with their new families! Stellar (now Olive) was adopted in November and has truly settled into her new home. Here’s what her adopter…
It is difficult, even heartbreaking, to imagine where Dash was before arriving at Humane Colorado’s Harmony Equine Center. Upon intake, the veterinarian described him as “the walking dead” due to his ill health and severely emaciated condition. Like most of the horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules we care for…
When Harriet – a tiny, 2-month-old sphynx kitten – came to Humane Colorado’s San Luis Valley Animal Center in August, her journey to true healing finally began. In addition to being fragile and underweight, she presented with a recently removed right eye and a remaining eye painfully enlarged and…
It was a bitter afternoon in April when Aliyah and her family were taking a walk with their dogs around their 5-acre property in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Before long, they noticed strange sounds and movements coming from the bottom of a nearby hill. As they approached…
When gentle Bella arrived at our shelter in January 2024, she was nervous and learning to adjust to the world after her owner sadly fell ill. As is true for many animals, especially those who have experienced trauma or loss, the shelter environment was overwhelming for Bella, and she…
When Cosmos, a 3-year-old black cat, arrived at the Dumb Friends League San Luis Valley Animal Center in December 2023, he was a malnourished stray found alongside two other cats in Alamosa. The three had been fending for themselves in the cold after their owner had moved away.
Luna – a sweet, 6-year-old husky and deft escape artist – came to our Veterinary Hospital at CSU Spur in March with more than just a tale to tell. Sadly, for her and her owner, Amelia, Luna was suffering from the wounds she had endured from a recent trauma.
After proving to be quite the escape artist in his original home, Cooper was relinquished to the Dumb Friends League San Luis Valley Animal Center shortly after the facility’s grand opening. Knowing that the beauty of Southern Colorado was just on the other side of the door seemed to…
In March 2024, Rosemary’s life took a dramatic turn when she was discovered emaciated, injured, and dirty in an abandoned shed in north Denver. Tragically, she was living alongside another dog who had passed away. The kind people who found Rosemary quickly brought her to the Dumb Friends League,…
Seeing Odin today, you would never know that, just four short months ago, the young Labrador-mix puppy was barely clinging to life. When the Dumb Friends League Investigations Team and local law enforcement first discovered him in an abandoned home in southern Colorado, 10-week-old Odin was starving, freezing, and…
For six whole months, not a day went by that Rachael did not long for her beloved cat, Quazi. The two were tragically separated last April, when a fast-moving fire engulfed the third-story apartment they shared with Rachael’s sister. On that terrible day, Rachael was faced with the unthinkable…
When Shelby first arrived at the Dumb Friends League Harmony Equine Center™ in August 2022, the young, feral horse was in dire need of medical attention. An identification tag had become embedded in his neck, resulting in a large and severely infected open wound. Shelby’s pain was excruciating, matched…
