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.