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Anchorage Animal Care and Control Center

4711 Elmore Road, Anchorage, AK 99507

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Phone (907) 343-8122
cats, birds, dogs, farm animals, horses, rabbits, reptiles & small animals at Anchorage Animal Care and Control Center
1 - 10 of 86 adoptable pets at this shelter

Areas Anchorage Animal Care and Control Center serves

Anchorage Animal Care and Control (AACC) is the open-admission animal shelter for the Municipality of Anchorage. We house a variety of animals up for adoption, from dogs and cats to hamsters, reptiles, birds and other pets. These animals are either surrendered to AACC by owners who can not care for them or are brought in as stray animals. AACC also provides domestic animal control services to the entire Municipality. Animal Control Officers (ACOs) respond to an average of 800 citizen requests for service per month regarding animal cruelty, animal bites, loose animals, barking dogs, injured animals, and other requests for service. For more information, please see our website: www.muni.org/animal.

Anchorage Animal Care and Control Center's adoption process

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Visit the Facility and Find a Pet

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Meet the Pet

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Submit Application

Additional adoption info

Must be 18 years old or older to adopt. Must have landloard approval, if renting. Adoptions fees depend on what the animal needs (vaccinations, spay/neuter, etc.).

Adoption application

About Anchorage Animal Care and Control Center

We are the open-admission shelter serving the Municipality of Anchorage.

Anchorage Animal Care and Control Center's adopted pets

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Why should you adopt?

Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life.

What is the difference between adopting a dog, adopting a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder?

When someone is breeding puppies or breeding kittens, they are creating new dogs and cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of dog, cat, puppy or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a dog for sale or buy a cat for sale from a puppy breeder or a kitten breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats who must find homes.

So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder or buying a cat or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog, adopt a cat, adopt a puppy or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.