Our Story

Our story began in 1995, when two sisters began volunteering at a local humane society as foster parents. Thousands of puppy pads later, we are still at it! From pregnant moms and family sets to abandoned babies in need of extra attention, we provide a unique rescue environment designed to feel more like a home than a shelter. We are proud to partner and provide support to other non-profits and share the workload of saving animals from the most dire of situations to finding them their perfect forever homes.

“Only people who work with sick animals understand the immense joy of finally seeing a healthy puppy stool”.
Nicole Newby, Co-Founder of Animal Aid of Colorado Inc

“To succeed in the animal rescue world: Count the wins, Grieve the lost, and Learn to beg.”
Chelsea Victor, Co-Founder of Animal Aid of Colorado Inc

Rescue Partners

Turquoise Paws Rescue

Turquoise Paw exists with mission to rescue animals within the borders of the Navajo Nation to support efforts in population control and education and most importantly, to provide the humane choice of no kill sheltering.

Stray Hearts Animal Shelter

Stray Hearts is a socially conscious animal shelter and adoption facility reuniting lost pets with their families and providing humane care and shelter for surrendered, lost, and homeless companion animals in Taos County, New Mexico.

County Line Vet

Our goal is to help fight the animal overpopulation problem by providing affordable sterilization procedures. The people of Colorado have a tremendous love for animals, which means we see a lot of rescue animals coming from surrounding states to find homes. To help these animals find homes as soon as possible, means being spayed/neutered. Many times they come with significant dental disease that needs to be addressed as well.

Blue Sky Animal Clinic

Blue Sky Animal Clinic is a full-service veterinary medical facility, located in Loveland, CO. The professional and courteous staff at Blue Sky Animal Clinic seeks to provide the best possible medical care, surgical care and dental care for their highly-valued patients.

NoCo Spay & Neuter

NoCo Spay & Neuter provides low cost, high quality Spay & Neuter surgeries and other limited Veterinary services for cats & dogs in Northern Colorado.

Petsmart Charities

PetSmart Charities is committed to making the world a better place for pets and all who love them. Through its in-store adoption program in all PetSmart® stores across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, PetSmart Charities helps nearly 600,000 pets connect with loving families each year. PetSmart Charities also provides grant funding to support organizations that advocate and care for the well-being of all pets and their families.

Adopt a Pet

Adopt-a-Pet.com is North America’s largest non-profit pet adoption website, helping over 19,000 animal shelters, humane societies, SPCAs, pet rescue groups, and pet adoption agencies advertise their purebred and mixed breed pets for free to millions of adopters each month. Sponsored by companies including Purina, Chewy, and Elanco Animal Health, Adopt-a-Pet.com helps homeless dogs, cats, and even rabbits and other animals go from alone to adopted.