Spring 2025 PACFA Newsletter

Hello Everyone,

It has been an extremely busy year for the PACFA program so far. In October, we started our 2025 rulemaking process with multiple stakeholder and Advisory Committee meetings to hear feedback and comments on changes to the PACFA rule. Requested changes come from many sources, including petitions from advocacy groups, public health agencies, our internal inspection and leadership teams, and our work with the attorney general's office. We try to implement new rules or change obsolete rules to protect the public interest and provide for the health, safety, and welfare of not only animals but for consumers who not only adopt or purchase animals from PACFA licensed facilities but also use pet related services like boarding, training, dog daycare, and grooming.

We want to give a shout-out and thank all of our licensed facilities for renewing your 2025-26 license(s) on time. We had an 86% renewal rate this season with over 2,000 facilities renewing their license(s). We also want to thank everyone who completed their first continuing education requirement and hope to be developing more license category-specific online content for the next wave of continuing education.

We hope you have a great spring and summer, and as always, please reach out if you have any questions about the PACFA program.

Sincerely,

Nick Fisher, PACFA Program Section Chief

Rulemaking Update

On April 24th, 2025, PACFA and the Colorado Department of Agriculture as part of the official rulemaking process held a public hearing to hear and receive public comment on the proposed changes to the Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act Rules (8 CCR 1202-15, Parts 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20).

The proposed rule changes were presented to and approved by the Colorado Agricultural Commission on May 15th, 2025. The final rules will be adopted by the commissioner and published in the Colorado Code of Regulations on June 25, 2025. The changes to the rule will become effective on or after July 15, 2025. Thank you to all of our stakeholders who participated and who have taken the time to provide comments and feedback on the proposed rule changes. A blue-line copy of the rule changes can be found on the Legislation, Laws, Regulations, and Rule Hearings Webpage

Legislation, Laws, Regulations and Rule Hearings Webpage

Spring 2025 PACFA Advisory Committee Meeting

Wednesday

May 28, 2025

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Mountain Time

In Person

CDA Main Office

305 Interlocken Pkwy

Broomfield, CO 80021

Virtual

PACFA Advisory Committee Information

Advisory Committee Vacancies

The PACFA Advisory Committee is currently recruiting for the following vacancies:

Retail Pet Animal Dealership
Dog Breeder - Small Scale
Dog Breeder - Large Scale
Cat Breeder
Small Animal Breeders
General Public (1 position)
Boarding/Training

To apply to serve on the PACFA Advisory Committee, click on the application link below.

PACFA Advisory Committee Application

Find out more about the PACFA Advisory Committee below.

2024 Shelter & Rescue Statistics Reports Published

The individual and combined 2024 annual shelter and rescue statistics reports for Colorado are available to view on the Animal Shelter and Rescue Individual Statistics page.

2024 Individual Statistics

2024 Annual Statistics (Combined)

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Please help support our efforts in safeguarding pet animals in pet care facilities throughout Colorado and protect consumers who purchase or adopt pets and who use pet-related services.

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