Surrender a Cat

UPDATE: Aug 14, 2024

We understand that surrendering a cat or pet can be difficult. We are currently reviewing each surrender request on a case-by-case basis. Due to our rescue’s limited resources, we cannot grant placement for all surrender requests in our rescue. FuRRR accepts any cats or kittens previously adopted from FuRRR (read below for more details). 

If your cat was adopted through another shelter/rescue/adoption agency, you MUST contact that organization to return the animal to them as stated in the adoption contract. We also recommend contacting your local registered animal shelter and/or other rescues in NH for possible placement.  (A list can be found below). 

SURRENDERING A CAT ADOPTED FROM FURRR: As stated in our adoption contract, if you can no longer keep a cat(s) adopted from FuRRR, the cat must be returned to FuRRR.  “Once a FuRRR cat, always a FuRRR cat”. Please email our intake coordinator at intakes@furrr.org. We will arrange for the cat’s return to the rescue.  

ADDITIONAL SURRENDER INFORMATION: Our rescue is cage-free, open-concept, where cats are housed in common rooms.  Our cats are adopted to indoor-only homes. Feral cats that need outdoor living may do better in a barn environment. Please consider contacting the SPCA about their “Working Cat” program. info@nhspca.org

REHOMING YOUR CAT: Should you wish to rehome your cat on your own, this is a good option.   https://rehome.adoptapet.com or  https://www.facebook.com/groups/NEAreaAnimalAdoptRehome/  It is always a good idea to do as much as you can to find your cat a new home on your own and avoid the shelter system.

RESOURCE FOR SPAY/NEUTER (Owned & Stray/Feral): Spay and neutering are the most important things to do for your cat or any stray/feral you may be feeding.  If you feed it, fix it!  A wonderful organization in New Hampshire is a low-cost clinic, and FuRRR uses them too!  Please get in touch with http://rozziemayanimalalliance.org/

NH/ Rescues & Shelters 

• Pope Memorial Humane Society (Dover, NH)
• Cat Tales (Seabrook, NH)
• NHSPCA (Stratham)
• S.A.F.E.R. (Seabrook/Hampton)
• Salem Animal Rescue League (Salem, NH)
• Spicy Cats (Exeter, NH)
• Monadnock Kitty Rescue and Adoption (Jaffrey, NH)
• Southern NH Animal Rescue (Derry, NH)
• Manchester Animal Shelter(Manchester, NH)
• Animal Rescue League (Bedford, NH)
• Pope Memorial SPCA (Concord, NH)
• Live and Let Live Farm’s Rescue (Chichester, NH)
• New Hampshire Humane Society (Laconia, NH)
• Monadnock Humane Society (Swanzey, NH)
• Humane Society Greater Nashua (Nashua, NH)
• Lakes Region Humane Society (Ossipee, NH)

If you are from York County, ME, we recommend contacting the Animal Welfare Society in Kennebunk, ME.

This list is not meant to be comprehensive. Please note that FuRRR is not affiliated with, nor do we endorse, any of these groups.

If you need to surrender, it is your responsibility to determine whether the group you choose is a no-kill shelter or a rescue. Note that many no-kill rescues (like FuRRR) often have a waiting list — please call first to inquire about each group’s surrender policies.