Get Animal Surrender Form

To schedule an appointment or inquire about surrendering your pet: Fill out the Surrender Inquiry Form. Surrender form for cats. Surrender form for dogs. If you can't use the form, contact the Admissions Coordinator at 863-577-4618, or e-mail surrender@spcaflorida.org. The surrender department is open Tuesdays to Saturdays.

As a last resort, you may be able to surrender your pet to a local shelter or rescue organization. Each agency may have a different process for surrendering a pet to their care; learn more by visiting their website or by calling ahead.

A $50 surrender fee per pet will be requested for animals surrendered to Operation Kindness.

The best course of action may involve returning the pet to the animal shelter or rescue organization that you adopted from (some adoption contracts stipulate that you return the pet if things aren't going well). If this isn't the case or isn't possible, rehoming the pet yourself may be the best choice.

Some cats are surrendered because they exhibit unwanted behaviors. These might include “kitten-like” behaviors like destructive scratching, but they might include more difficult-to-manage behaviors like urinating outside the litterbox.

Surrendered animals are animals whose owners can no longer care for them due to financial, behavioral or other unforeseen barriers.

Around 3.9 million dogs are abandoned or given up to shelters each year. 74.1% of lost dogs with good identification can be reunited with their owners. Only 25 - 30% of dogs in shelters are purebreds.

While I had heard that animals can shed actual tears when they get emotional, I had never witnessed such an event in person. That is, until a few weeks ago. A black Labrador Retriever mix was surrendered by his owner but refused to leave his owner's side.