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Adoption Information & Advice

View adoptable Dogs & Cats

Adoptions make everyone smile at Animal Services! With your help adoptions have quadrupled in the past five years. Loving families adopted 3,400 pets last year. For $35- or less you can choose a dog or cat to be a part of your family! Adoptable animals will be vaccinated and sterilized prior to moving to their new homes.

Animal Services addresses animal welfare and overpopulation issues, encourages responsible pet ownership, and provides a Shelter & Adoption Center for lost or homeless animals. The center responds to approximately 900 calls from citizens daily, provides public awareness programs, promotes animal adoptions, and coordinates emergency programs affecting animals or people via animals. The Shelter & Adoption Center is open to the public six days a week. An Animal Welfare Trust Fund has been established to provide extra services, such as special food, needed by some animals but not provided for in the department's budget. This Trust Fund is supported by donations from caring citizens.

Notice:
The hours of operation at Pinellas County Animal Services are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The adoption areas close 30 minutes prior to the shelter closing.

The shelter is not be open to the public on Thursdays, Sundays or holidays. The outside animal drop-off remains open on the days that the shelter is closed to the public.

Animal Services pledges its commitment to the public and the animals in their care. Citizens are urged to tour the facility and visit with the adoptable pets. Volunteer opportunities abound at Animal Services. Anyone who loves animals and would like to spend some time helping us care for them are encouraged to contact us.