Can I Surrender an Animal to Dalo Acres?

Why the answer is not automatically yes

Taking in an animal is not a short-term favor. It can become years of feed, shelter, fencing, cleaning, supervision, species-specific care and responsibility to the animals already here. Saying yes without the capacity to provide dependable care would not serve anyone well.

Before contacting Dalo Acres

• Do not bring, abandon or leave an animal at or near the sanctuary.
• Gather the animal's species, age, sex, health history, behavior, current location and reason placement is needed.
• Be honest about aggression, medical concerns, escape behavior and urgency.
• Contact appropriate local shelters, species-specific rescues, veterinarians or animal control resources too.
• Understand that contacting Dalo Acres does not guarantee acceptance or placement.

When to contact Dalo Acres

If you have read this page, collected the relevant information and understand that intake may not be possible, use the contact page. Include enough detail for the sanctuary to understand the situation without a long back-and-forth.

For background, read animal sanctuary vs animal rescue and the Dalo Acres care philosophy.