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Search and see photos of adoptable pets in the Cortez, CO area.

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Cortez Animal Shelter

2791 E. Main, Cortez, CO 81321

Contact Jennifer Crouse
Email jcrouse@cortezco.gov
Phone (970) 565-4910
cats & dogs at Cortez Animal Shelter

Areas Cortez Animal Shelter serves

Cortez

Cortez Animal Shelter's adoption process

1.

Visit the Facility and Find a Pet

2.

Submit Application

3.

Home Check

4.

Sign Adoption Contract

5.

Pay Fee

Additional adoption info

2791 E. Main Street
Cortez, CO 81321
Ph: 970-565-4910

Hours
Monday - Friday
10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The Cortez Animal Shelter offers area residents a wonderful opportunity to adopt pets that are in need of a home. At any given time, the Cortez Animal Shelter has 15 - 25 cats and 16 - 20 dogs that are in need of a home. You can view our adoptable pets online.

Fees for animal adoptions are $175 for dogs, $100 for cats, and include the animal being spayed or neutered, the first set of shots and a free vet visit. There is also a $15 Microchip fee for every animal.

Adoption application

Cortez Animal Shelter's adopted pets

Adopt a Pet is the easiest way for you to search for a new pet in Cortez, CO.

Support adoption and rescue. Why go to a dog breeder, cat breeder or pet store to buy a dog or buy a cat when you can adopt?

Why should you adopt?

Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life.

What is the difference between adopting a dog, adopting a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder?

When someone is breeding puppies or breeding kittens, they are creating new dogs and cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of dog, cat, puppy or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a dog for sale or buy a cat for sale from a puppy breeder or a kitten breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats who must find homes.

So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder or buying a cat or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog, adopt a cat, adopt a puppy or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.