The Dumb Friends League has a history of service. For more than 100 years, we have sheltered and cared for lost, abandoned and abused pets. 

Thanks to wide community support, we offer programs that help both pets and people. 

We are proud to be the metro-Denver area’s local humane society. You are invited to visit our website and our two shelters to learn more about us.

 

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Education

Pets

The Dumb Friends League Animal Behavior department is staffed by experienced counselors who offer assistance with cats, dogs, rabbits and other small mammals. The department has been in existence since 1991 and has served as a model for the national Pets for Life program, a training curriculum for shelter professionals offered through The Humane Society of the United States.

People

We bring free presentations to schoolchildren and adults. School visits feature age-appropriate information on safety around pets, responsible pet care and the pet overpopulation problem. We welcome groups for tours of our shelters and host seasonal day camps where children get hands-on lessons about animals and their needs.

We offer graduate-level recertification courses for teachers that help them incorporate humane education into their classrooms.

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Small children are convinced that ponies deserve to see the inside of the house.

-- Maya Patel

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We are happy to share our information with other nonprofit and animal welfare organizations. Please use the materials in their entirety including our logo. Please read our Terms of Use for details. We ask that you contact us first before using our materials. We’ll want to know how the information will be used and in what publication or on what Web site. We also ask that a copy of any printed publication using our materials be mailed to us for our records. Thank you!