Relinquishing Your Pet

Here at the SPCA of Central Florida we accept owned animals only.
If you find it necessary to relinquish your pet to the SPCA of Central Florida’s Receiving Department, please bring the following documentation with you:

1. Your photo identification, and

2. Records demonstrating your ownership of the pet (identification tag, rabies tag, veterinarian records, microchip registration, etc.).

When you arrive at one of our shelter facilities, enter the door marked “Receiving.”  At that time, you will be asked to:

1. Provide Receiving Staff with the documentation listed above,

2. Complete Relinquishment paperwork, including a Pet Profile and a Custody Release form, and

3. Make a minimum donation of $25.

To make the transition easier on your pet, we ask you to say your “good-byes” before entering the Receiving Department. This will minimize the stress for both you and your pet.  It will also enable you to better focus on the Relinquishment process and paperwork. (Links are provided here to the Custody Release forms, available in both English and Spanish, as well as the Pet Profile.)

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If the pet is either a stray or lost pet, it should be relinquished to local government-funded Animal Services in your County.

For more information on local government-funded Animal Services, contact: 

1. Orange County Animal Services.  www.ocnetpets.com.  (407) 836-3111.

2. Osceola County animal Control.  www.osceola.org.  (407) 742-8000.

3. Seminole County Animal Services.  www.seminolecountyfl.gov. (407) 665-5201.

4. Volusia County. www.volusia.org/animalcontrol.  West Volusia: 386-740-5241.

 
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The SPCA of Central Florida is an open-door facility, accepting owned pets only.  Once admitted to one of our shelters, all pets are reviewed for a number of factors, including behavioral concerns, illnesses and diseases.

Once examined for adoptability, the pet may be placed in one of our shelters. We have no time limit for how long pets that are considered adoptable will remain in our shelters. Ideally, however, we would like their stay to be as short as possible by helping them find new, secure and loving homes.

Because of our open-door policy, some pets have health and/or behavioral issues that may prohibit us from placing them up for adoption. Difficult choices must be made by trained and loving staff.

We ask the community to be supportive of this sad aspect of shelter work. The problem of relinquished pets is created by the community, and not by agencies like the SPCA of Central Florida who are forced to handle the problem on a daily basis.