Every day across Wyoming, families are facing heartbreaking choices. Rising inflation and financial hardship mean more people are being forced to surrender beloved pets simply because they can no longer afford food, vet bills, or housing that allows animals.

Our shelters—already operating on limited budgets—are now overwhelmed. They’re beyond capacity, turning storage rooms into kennels and doubling up animals in small spaces. Staff and volunteers are doing everything they can, but they’re stretched thin and running out of resources. Without immediate help, more animals will face euthanasia, illness, or the trauma of being moved far from the communities they know.

This isn’t just an “animal problem.” It’s a community crisis. Pets are family, and losing them doesn’t just hurt the animals—it breaks hearts, deepens isolation, and adds to the mental and emotional strain many Wyomingites are already feeling.

We’re calling on state and local leaders to act now by:

• Allocating emergency funding to Wyoming animal shelters so they can expand capacity, provide veterinary care, and keep pets fed and healthy.
• Creating short-term financial assistance programs to help struggling families keep their pets at home, preventing more surrenders.

With targeted support, we can keep families together and ensure that every animal in Wyoming has a safe place to go when crisis strikes. We’ve seen communities come together in disasters—this is no different. Our shelters are waving the red flag; we cannot ignore it.

The longer we wait, the more lives will be lost and the harder it will be to undo the damage. Let’s protect the animals who’ve given us unconditional love, and the people who are doing everything they can to care for them.

Sign this petition to demand that Wyoming’s leaders act now to provide emergency funding for our overcrowded shelters and keep pets where they belong—safe, loved, and home.