Temporary Crisis Pet Housing
No matter what the crisis, the animal welfare community knows that your pets are your family.
Depending on the type of crisis you've encountered, your first step is to find human services in your area. Many of those organizations also know that your pets are your family and will have resources to help you and your animals.
If you have been temporarily displaced by a natural disaster or house fire, contact the American Red Cross. If you're working with them, many government-run, and some private, animal shelters will temporarily house your pets.
If you are fleeing violence in your home, contact the closest domestic violence shelters in your area to ask for help and to inquire about pet housing programs. Contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.7233.
Contact all local animal shelters and nonprofit rescues. Ask if they have a program to temporarily house your pets while you get through a crisis.
Review this nationwide list of pet-friendly domestic violence shelters.
Call 211, United Way’s 211 line, for a variety of local resources.
Existing Programs:
Michigan Humane Society
30300 Telegraph Road
Bingham Farms, MI 48025
1-866-648-6263
Program supports people experiencing a housing crisis, medical procedures requiring time out of the home, or other temporary situations that inhibit caring for a pet, with all other alternatives exhausted.
I Heart Dogs Rescue and Animal Haven
22415 Groesbeck Highway
Warren, MI 48089
bark@iheartdogs.org
Program provides a haven for the pets belonging to domestic violence survivors.
Humane Society of West Michigan
3077 Wilson Dr. NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49534
communityresource@hswestmi.org
(616) 791-8088.
Program provides emergency housing for pets affected by a natural disaster, eviction, domestic violence, owner homelessness, and other temporary care situations.
Survivors using resources and/or domestic violence shelters in Montcalm, Muskegon, Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Clinton, Jackson or Ingham Counties:
Hope’s 2nd Chance Animal Sanctuary
(616) 287-2580
Organization provides free temporary, safe housing for dogs, cats, small animals, horses and large animals.
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Residents of Washtenaw County:
Humane Society of Huron Valley
Please call (734) 661-3552 or (734) 662-5585 to arrange to be included in the Safe Harbor Program.
Residents of Charlevoix and Emmet Counties:
Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan
423 Porter Street
Petoskey, MI 49770
231-347-0067
Partners with Charlevoix Area Humane Society to temporarily house pets.
Residents of Marquette County and Surrounding Areas:
UPAWS
(906) 225-1346
Sasawin Safe Haven will provide safe and confidential shelter for your animals until you are ready to reunite and move with them. Sasawin Safe Haven provides all services at no cost to you, including veterinary care, pet food, transportation and pet supplies. Harbor House, 906-226-6611 or 1-800-455-6611, will assist you in finding pet-friendly safe housing.