Before You Surrender
Surrendering an animal is a serious decision that will affect you and your animal for the rest of their life. While shelters do their best to provide excellent care, even the best shelter isn’t a natural environment for a house pet. We hope we can assist you with alternatives that can help you keep your pet or bypass the shelter system entirely.
Resources for Rehoming your Pet
If you want to bypass the shelter by rehoming your pet yourself, there are also a number of websites that can help connect you with people looking for new pets:
Get Your Pet
Rehome by Adopt-a-Pet.com
ACCT Philly Help Desk
Temporary Boarding/ Foster Care
If your lifestyle change is temporary (military deployment, hospitalization, etc.) check out some of the resources available for temporary boarding/fostering:
PACT for Animals
Safe Place for Pets
CNKP
Rover
What should I do if I cannot afford medical care or food/supplies for my pet?
Low-Cost Wellness and Veterinary Clinics
There are several low-cost wellness and full-service veterinary clinics in the Philadelphia area. Here are a few we recommend:
Emancipet
PAWS Spay/Neuter and Wellness Clinic
Pennsylvania SPCA
Providence Animal Center
Women’s Animal Center
Emeka’s Fund (End of Life- Financial Assistance)
Assistance with Food/Supplies
Below are resources that can help you access food and supplies for your pet for low to no cost:
ACCT Philly Pet Food Pantry
CNKP Pet Food Pantry
Mazzoni Center
My Pet Child
Payment Plans for Veterinary Care
If you cannot afford to pay for veterinary care up front there are a few options to set up payment plans:
Care Credit
ScratchPay
Essentials PetCare
Pet Insurance Options
We recommend that all pet parents have insurance for their furry family members. Many insurance companies have pet policies that you can add to your existing plan:
CompanionProtect
MetLife
HealthyPaws
What should I do if my pet is exhibiting behavior issues?
Animals with behavior issues typically have the hardest time adjusting to a shelter and can sometimes even decline, so these are the animals we are most concerned with keeping out of the shelter system.
Behavior Resources
Often behavior issues can be addressed with minor changes to your routine or household. Check out the following for a number of articles to help you address behavior issues on your own.
CNKP Behavior Assistance
Animal Humane Society’s Behavior Library
PSPCA Pet Parent Library
Dog Training Resources
Good Pup Virtual Dog Training
PSCPA Training Classes
Doggie Style Pets University
Emergency Vet Care
If your pet is in critical care or needs emergency attention, please go to one of the following locations. Saved Me Rescue is unable to provide emergency vet care for pet owners.
Emergency Vet Hospitals
PASE
- 1920 Washington Ave Suite 1, Philadelphia, PA 19146
- Open 24/7
Vet Emergency Group
- 1213 Walnut Street, Suite 150, Philadelphia, PA 19107
- Open 24/7
Ryan Veterinary Hospital
- 3900 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Open 24/7 (will divert intake pending capacity)
BluePearl Pet Hospital
- 1114 S Front St. Philadelphia, PA 19147
- Mon 8 am-Fri 7 pm. Sat & Sun: Closed
What should I do if my pet is missing?
- Before you take any additional steps, make 100% sure your pet is missing. Check closets, drawers, under furniture, and all other places in your home a pet might hide.
- File a lost report with ACCT Philly here.
- Create a Lost Pet Flyer, and post it around your neighborhood.
- Check local shelters
- ACCT Philly
- Philly PAWS
- Morris Animal Refuge
- Saved Me
- Check local lost pet Facebook groups:
Surrendering Your Pet to Saved Me
We understand that surrendering to a shelter is the last option left for many pet owners. To surrender an animal, please visit our surrender page by clicking the link below.
