SURRENDERING A CAT 

Unless you adopted the cat(s) you need to surrender from Caring for Cats in the past, we will not be able to help until sometime after January 2026, as our shelter is at capacity. Here is a list of other area rescues for you to call about surrendering a cat or kittens.

If you adopted the cat(s) from Caring for Cats in the past, please follow the instructions below.

Need to surrender a cat?

We know you love cats and you want to save them all…. and we love you for it! Our passion for helping cats is what brings us together. However, we do have a formal intake process that we need everyone to follow. If you need to surrender a cat that is in your possession, please follow these steps:

Contact Us by Phone or Facebook

Contact us using one of the following methods:

1. • Call the shelter answering service at 651-407-8485. Follow the prompts and leave a message, even if the recording indicates that the shelter is full.
   • You can also send a private Facebook message through our Facebook page. 

A staff member will reach out to you, typically within 48-72 hours. Please be prepared to provide as much information as possible about the cat and the circumstances surrounding the surrender. The answering service may offer the phone numbers of other rescues and shelters, please feel free to contact them too. 

• Do not bring the cat directly to the shelter without an appointment.
• Do not reach out to any of our volunteers to try to initiate a surrender, you must follow one of the two options above.
• Please be aware that we do not accept cats through third-party intermediaries. The owner or finder of the cat(s) must initiate contact with our shelter.
• If the owner is deceased, a family member or the personal representative of the deceased owner should reach out to Caring for Cats.
• Please note we are unable to accept feral cats and we do not offer TNR services.