Animal Services

New!
License Your Pet Online and Save
For a limited time, if you can license your dog, cat or ferret online (November 10 - Dec. 21 2008), Metro Animal Services will waive your licensing late fees. Find out more . 

Go directly to the online licensing tool here.  

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Donate to Animal Services!
Your donation will help support and enhance programs that aren’t covered by general fund expenditures. For instance, The Spot Fund, our building fund, the animal care fund, and helping with our low-cost S.P.O.T. Spay/Neuter Program. Donate now!

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To view the recently passed Animal Ordinance click here. To see the most frequently asked questions about the Animal Ordinance, click here.

Louisville's Animal Care Authority!
Louisville Metro Animal Services' Animal Care Center receives an average of over 15,000 animals annually. Thousands are brought to our shelter as a result of service requests from the community and many are surrendered by their owners. 

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Metro Animal Services employs 17 Animal Control Officers who investigate over 24,000 complaints in an average year that range from bite cases to severe inhumane treatment. They drive over 225,000 miles a year covering Louisville Metro's 386 sq. miles. Officers are on duty from 7 am to 11 pm, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, including holidays.

Besides enforcing the Louisville Metro Animal Care and Control Ordinance, the center has a 17-person animal care staff that includes a veterinary clinic coordinator, one staff veterinarian, one veterinary technician, two veterinary assistants, eight animal care specialists, three adoption coordinators, and our animal care manager. The animal care staff spends countless hours caring for the animals at our facility.  Many of these animals are placed for adoption through our adoption program or transferred to placement organizations.     

Adoptable animals can be viewed on this website (see Meet Adoptable Animals) or at the Animal Care Center. Adoption hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 am - 5 pm, Tuesday and Thursday 10 am - 6 pm, and Wednesday and Friday 10 am - 7 pm.  Regular office hours are Monday through Saturday from 9 am - 5 pm. You can also find some of our adoptable animals at Barkstown and PetsMart stores.

The Animal Care Center is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to care for and accept animals.

Animal Care Center
3705 Manslick Road
Louisville, KY 40215
361-1318
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(502) 363-6609
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