The mission of Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control Staff and Volunteers:
Encourage pet owners to be responsible for pets in their care by providing educational programs on humane treatment, animal behavior training, and proper control.
Appropriately enforce county, state, and federal animal laws.
Provide safe shelter and veterinary care for lost, abandoned and unwanted animals.
Return to owners or adopt to new homes, as many impounded animals as possible.
Humanely euthanize injured and sick animals.
Encourage spay/neuter and provide reduced-cost surgery for Palm Beach County pet owners through three spay/neuter programs.
Conduct other effective programs, which protect the health, safety, and welfare of animals and the residents of Palm Beach County.
Create an alert, and we'll notify you every time a new pet comes in who meets your criteria.
7100 Belvedere Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33411
Create an alert, and we'll notify you every time a new pet comes in who meets your criteria.
Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control offers low-cost spay/neuter services, vaccinations, microchipping and law enforcement services to all residents of Palm Beach County.
Our adoption program is open to all qualified pet owners looking to adopt a new pet. We adopt out of county as well as out of state.
Additional adoption info
All animals are adopted to qualified applicants on a first-come-first-serve basis. Adoption fees are $60 for adult dogs, $75 for puppies, and $50 for cats and kittens.
All adopted animals will be spayed/neutered, current on vaccinations, protected again fleas and ticks, microchipped, sent home with a free bag of Science Diet pet food, and much more!
The shelter has also partnered with local veterinarians to provide a free Health Care Certificate with every adoption. The certificate offers a free exam for your pet from your choice of participating veterinarians and has a value of up to $500 in savings.
Adoption application
https://discover.pbcgov.org/publicsafety/animalcare/PDF/adoption%20applicationform.pdf
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