Any resident of Iosco County may request the surrender of their pet or a stray to the Animal Shelter. An initial behavior profile will determine if the animal is healthy and non-aggressive. If the animal is obviously not in good health, we ask the visitor to bring the pet to a veterinarian for treatment and return to the shelter when the animal is healthy.

It is extremely important that we screen animals for good health; we need to protect the health and well being of the general population living at the shelter.

Sometimes circumstances force you to surrender your pet. Understanding the difficulty of such a separation, we try to make the process as friendly as possible. There are no fees involved in surrendering your pet to us for adoption.

Upon surrender, we collect any pertinent information regarding the pet's history and require a surrender form be completed.

All surrendered animals are isolated from the general population until our Medical Care Supervisor can examine the animal, check the animal in, and create its medical file.

Surrendered animals are not available for adoption for at least 48 hours from their arrival at the shelter.