File a lost pet report with every shelter within a sixty-mile radius of your home. Check them in person - don't rely on their recordings or even a person answering the phone. They are busy and make mistakes. If there is not a shelter in your community, contact the local Police Department. Be able to provide these agencies with an accurate description and a recent photograph of your pet.

SHELTERS IN AND AROUND AUSTIN

AUSTIN

TOWN LAKE ANIMAL CENTER, (Kill Facility)

  • Town Lake Animal Center is the only impoundment facility in Travis County. If you have lost your pet, you must go there as soon as possible to search for and reclaim the pet.
  • If your pet arrives at Town Lake Animal Center wearing an identification tag, Pet Registration tag or a rabies tag, a staff member will attempt to reach you, (not guaranteed).
  • These lost pets are held for a minimum of ten days (not including the day of arrival) while TLAC staff will attempt to contact the guardians.
  • Stray animals are held for a minimum of three days even if they are wearing a rabies tag. If your animal is injured or became aggressive, they may be in the Rabies Observation area that is not open to the public. Don't rely on another's description! Insist, (politely), on admittance to this area to be certain that your pet is not within.
  • Daily Animal Itake, (Dogs ad Cats only):
    http://www.austinanimalaware.org/animals/newsletter.html#inf-Intake

    Dorinda Pullian, Director of Town Lake Animal Center

  • Hours of operation are from:
  • 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and from
  • 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekends.

Reclaim and Receiving

  • (Lost and Found) 972-6041
  • 512- 972-4738 Main Number for TLAC
  • 972-4736 fax


The city pound uses 2 night time emergency clinics.

  • NORTH AUSTIN:

    Emergency Animal Clinic of Northwest Austin

    12034 Research Boulevard, #8.
    512- 331-6121
    6:30 p.m. - 7:00 A.M. Monday - through Saturday morning at 7:00 a.m.
    Saturday open at 8 a.m. re-open at 1:00 p.m. and open until Monday at 7:00 a.m.


    SOUTH AUSTIN:

    Emergency Animal Clinic
    4434 Frontier Trail
    899 - 0955
    Fax 892-7811
  • Monday - Friday open at 6:30 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. the following morning. Saturday open at 1:00 p.m. and stay open until 7:am Monday morning.

The pound has online pictures of some of the animals within Town Lake Animal Center. Pictures of injured animals or animals in the Rabies Observation Area are not available to the public. There is a paper posted with a description of the animals inside Rabies Observation. Descriptions of the same animal vary wildly from person to person! Don't rely on a piece of paper! Be persistent and you will get into Rabies Observation.


Town Lake Animal Center Pictures Online: http://malford.ci.austin.tx.us/tlac/default.cfm

Stray, impounded and owner surrendered animals can be found in the stray building(Lost and Found) at TLAC).


Humane Society -SPCA Austin & Travis County, (No-Kill)

Travis County Animal Control (this is not alphabetized because it will be used frequently by Austin lost pet persons.)

BASTROP

Bastrop Humane Society (512) 303-3924

Bastrop County Animal Control (Kill Facility)

BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION

Brazos Animal Shelter:

Canyon Lake Animal Shelter Society, CLASS, (No-Kill Facility)

CEDAR PARK

Cedar Park Animal Control, (Kill Facility)

COMAL COUNTY (W of San Marcos, NW of New Braunfels)

There are two shelters in Comal County:

Humane Society of New Braunfels and the City of New Braunfels Contact: Director Cheryl Krueger; Phone: (830) 629-5287

ELGIN

  • Dreamtime Sanctuary, (No-Kill),
  • (Certified Sanctuary by TAOS)
  • (rescues primarily farm animals)
  • Website under construction
  • Nancy44@texas.net

Elgin Animal Shelter, (Kill-Facility)

GALVESTON

Galveston County Animal Control (Kill Facility)

  • 'TEXAS CITY POUND' No web site
  • Pound's Hours: Monday - Friday 11-4; Saturdays: 10-1, 409-938-2282.
  • Address: 3414 Loop 197 N., just off Hwy 146 in Texas City;
  • Private citizen that may be able to help: Laurine LAURSKLEE@aol.com 409-945-9782

GEORGETOWN

Georgetown Animal Shelter (Kill Facility)

Guadalupe County Humane Society, (No-Kill Facility)

Hays County Animal Control,


HOUSTON

Harris County Rabies/Animal Control (Kill Facility)

KYLE

PAWS Animal Shelter, (Kill-Facility)

*(Wimberley's animals go to PAWS in Kyle, as do animals in Buda, also some from San Marcos county (non-annexed), Dripping Springs, and Driftwood. Hays County is about 700 square miles and there is no government-provided shelter!

LAGO VISTA (No-Kill Facility)

Lago Vista PAWS

LA GRANGE

Fayette County Animal Shelter

LEANDER, (3 Facilities)

Humane Society Williamson County, (Kill Facility)

Leander Animal Control, (Kill Facility)

Central Texas SPCA in Leander, (No-Kill Facility)

LOCKHART

Lockhart Animal Shelter (Kill Facility)

PFLUGERVILLE (Kill facility)

  • 1600 Waterbrook Road, Pflugerville 78660.
  • You have to call the police department 512-251-4004 to deal with the shelter.
  • There is no organized lost or found list, so you have to keep on top of things if you lose an animal in Pflugerville.

 SAN ANTONIO

San Antonio Animal Control (Kill Facility)

SAN MARCOS

City of San Marcos Animal Shelter (municipal) (Kill Facility)

Friends of San Marcos Animal Shelter (No-Kill)

SEGUIN

S.A.R.A.

Southern Animal Rescue Association (No-Kill Facility and is a sanctuary)

 Guadalupe County Humane Society, (No-Kill Facility)

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