Rehoming Assistance

Animal shelters across the country are at maximum capacity. The SPCA of Wake County is one of them. We are a limited intake facility and urge community members to consider every alternative to relinquishment. For information on how to find a home for your pet, please complete the form below.

Do you need to rehome a pet or animal? Here’s how you can find them loving families without having them set foot in a shelter! PLUS! Your pet will also be viewable on our website. SPCA Wake is partnering with Adopt-A-Pet.com; a website designed to help place a pet from your home directly into another loving home!

Follow the steps below to get started:

• The first step is to fill out this form: Click Here
• When prompted, use the coupon code: RCXHAQTL2U8AD8Z (this will waive the listing fee)
• Your pet’s listing will be viewable under the adoption menu on our website via the “Rehome by Owner” link.
• Potential families will submit applications for you to review if they are interested in a pet.
• Questions? Here is an FAQ and more details about how it works.

Thank you for keeping your pet out of the shelter, and opting to rehome through the link above!

If you would like additional guidance on how to rehome a pet through other methods, please complete the form below.

Community Cat Information

Community Cat is a term used to describe outdoor, unowned, free-roaming cats. Just like house cats, community cats come in a variety of shapes, sizes and personalities. Community cats who have dedicated caretakers to provide them with spay/neuter services and regular feedings, can live contently outdoors for the rest of their lives.

Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Release (TNVR) is one of the most common ways to support community cats/community cat colonies. To request spay/neuter surgery services, or other types of community cat assistance, please continue with the form below. Please note that if you are requesting spay/neuter surgery services, you must be able to trap and transport the cat(s) to our Saving Lives Spay/Neuter Clinic.

The SPCA of Wake County is a private 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and NOT animal control. We are collecting this information solely for the internal purpose of providing you with the best level of service possible and to inform future development for SPCA Wake services. The more information you provide about the cats you are helping in our community, the easier it is for us to partner with you to provide help. If you have any questions about how we are using the information we are asking you for, please ask our Helpline team after you have submitted your form.

Pet Behavior & Training

Pet behavior problems are one of the main reasons pets are relinquished to shelters. You might be surprised to learn that you can solve some behavior issues in your own home or with a professional trainer. If you have concerns over your pet's behavior, please start the form below and continue to the next page to tell us about your pet(s).

Found Pet Information

Thank you for contacting us about the pet you have found. We appreciate you taking time out of your day to help this pet. First, please visit Petco Love Lost for guidance on how to reunite a pet with its owner. You can also report a found pet, browse our area's Petco Love Lost database, and create found pet flyers.

For additional information on how to help the pet you have found please click the Next button below.

Please note: The next page is an informational section only. SPCA of Wake County is unable to accept found, stray or abandoned animals. Please call your county animal control to report a found, stray or abandoned animal or pet.

Lost a Pet? We're here to help.

Pet's can go missing quickly, whether through an open door or gate at home or when frightened by loud noises. It can be a scary and stressful experience for both your family and your pet. Try not to panic. Your quick response combined with neighborhood networking greatly increases the odds of locating your pet.

Within the First Hour

Knock on your neighbors doors to ask if they have seen your pet. Post on community message boards or apps. This could include neighborhood apps such as Nextdoor & Ring Neighbors, a neighborhood email list, or a Facebook group. Make sure to include a description of your pet (color, size, male/female), last known location or closest intersection and a photo.

If your pet is microchipped, contact the microchip company right away to report them as lost, and update your contact information if needed.

Within the Next Few Hours

Start searching the Petco Love Lost database and upload your pet's photo's now. Petco Love Lost, an SPCA of Wake Partner, provides free facial recognition software to help reunite lost pets to their owners. Your pet’s uploaded photo will be scanned against photos of found animals at local shelters and those reported by the community.

Next, make a flyer. Walk your neighborhood and hand it out to neighbors, postal carriers, UPS/Amazon drivers, landscapers and tell them about your missing pet.

Consider setting up a PawBoost alert.

Within the First 24 Hours

Call your county’s animal shelter to see if your pet has been turned over to them. Since pet's can come in at a later date, make sure to check back as frequently as you can.

Hang lost pet posters. Hang posters at major intersections within a 3-mile radius of where your dog was lost or a 1-mile radius of where your cat was lost. Once the pet is found, retrieve your lost pet posters from wherever you hung them.

Post your pet on social media. Include clear photos of both your pets face and body, and include your contact information. Continue to look for your pet frequently on shelter websites, lost & found websites & social media groups.

Last but not least, fill out an SPCA of Wake Lost Pet help form. The form starts with the questions below. Include as much detail as possible, and please attach photos when prompted. If we receive a call from someone who has found a pet matching your pet's description, we will contact you.

Start the SPCA of Wake Lost Pet help form by completing the information below and continuing to the next page.

Pet Food and/or Supplies

SPCA Wake can help with short-term pet food needs if supplies are available, but hearing about your overall needs will help inform future program development. To tell us about your pet food and/or supply needs, please start the form below and continue to the next page.

Short-term Placement

The SPCA of Wake County only provides short-term pet placement on a very limited basis. If we are able to offer placement, an SPCA Wake staff member will contact you within the next two weeks. Be sure to check your confirmation email for more information. To tell us about your short-term pet placement needs, please start the form below, and continue to the next page.

Trap Rental Information

SPCA Wake is able to provide trap rentals with instructions but not assist with the actual trapping of animal(s). Please be sure to have a plan in place before you trap an animal(s). If you would like to surrender the pet to or receive spay/neuter services from SPCA Wake, you MUST fill out the appropriate Helpline help form and have heard back from an SPCA Wake staff member that those services are in place before you trap any animal(s).

Trap rentals require an initial deposit of $25 per trap but are refunded once the trap(s) are returned. Payment is not taken until you are contacted. We will do our best to supply you with the number of traps that you request, but our supplies are limited. To request a trap, please continue with the form below.

Veterinary Care

For information on veterinary care, please tell us about your needs by completing the completing the form below. After submission, please monitor your email.

If you are reaching out to us today regarding our microchip and vaccine pop-up events, please Click Here for more information.

Please note: If you have a pet or animal that needs immediate medical assistance, please contact a veterinarian immediately.

Something Else

If your question is unrelated to the options provided in the dropdown box above, please complete this form to tell us the nature of your inquiry and a member of our team will follow up with you as soon as possible.

If you have contacted us today regarding a pet or animal that needs a home, please change your selection in the dropdown menu above from Something Else to Rehoming Assistance for more information.