Harris County Animal Shelter Houston
For all of 2019 our live release rate was more than 94.
Harris county animal shelter houston. Harris county pets will not turn away any sick or injured animals. Harris county pets a division of harris county public health works in partnership with the community to create a safe healthy and caring environment for residents and animals of unincorporated harris county. Provide the only 24 hour animal ambulance in the region investigate more than 6 000 cases of cruelty annually and introduce fourth year vet students to shelter medicine through an exclusive partnership with the. For complaints inside an incorporated city or outside of harris county please refer to the list of harris county area animal control agencies.
To report any issue call our shelter at 281 999 3191. The houston spca serves our community as animal advocates of the most serious kind. Houston harris county animal volunteers houston texas. All adopters must be 18 years old or above and adoptions must be done in person at the shelter.
We are volunteers for the animals of houston and harris county texas. Each animal will have a specific time range that a foster is needed usually 1 3 weeks for puppies. If the animal is located in the city of houston on a curb or a maintained street call 3 1 1 or go to the city of houston dead animal collection information page. Today we proudly rescue thousands of animals each year and find them loving homes.
When you ve chosen a cat for adoption bring the card hanging from the cat cage showing the six digit animal id number to our facility at 612 canino rd. You do not have to live in harris county to adopt from harris county pets. Please bring a valid id. For dead animal pickup.
Harris county animal shelter is the only open intake shelter for all of unincorporated harris county. Harris county pets offers cats ready for adoption at petco in river oaks at 2110 south shepherd houston. As such we take in 16 000 20 000 animals each year and we must accept any animal brought to us regardless of condition. Foster for transport short term animals who are a candidate for transport are chosen by our transfer supervisor for transfer to other areas of the country.
The veterinary public health vph division of harris county public health works in partnership with the community to create a safe healthy and caring environment for residents and animals of unincorporated harris county. In houston during the following shelter hours to process your adoption. Once you are an approved foster please ask to join the closed facebook group harris county animal shelter volunteers and fosters page. Thus far in 2020 our live release rate has been 97.
We are open for animal intake on monday tuesday thursday and saturday.