Adopt a Pet

Each year, more than 20,000 homeless or lost pets come through the Fort Worth Animal Care and Control Center. Though many find happy, loving homes, more than 70 percent must be euthanized due to overpopulation.

Adopting a pet from the Animal Care and Control Center not only saves a life, but gives you a head start on responsible pet ownership. The center's animal adoption fee includes your new pet’s initial vaccinations (including a rabies shot) and city license tags.

Give gift certificates, not animals

Choosing an animal for someone else can be risky business.

Many pets given as gifts are returned to shelters or abandoned within two months because the new owners think the animals require too much care or they simply don't connect.

That is why Fort Worth Animal Care and Control offers gift certificates. Give a pet gift certificate to your loved ones, and they can choose the animal that is best for them at their convenience from the animal care and control center.

Certificates include the same benefits as normal pet adoption at the Animal Care and Control Center. Call 817-392-PAWS (7297) for more information.

Location and Hours

Animal Care and Control
4900 Martin St. | 817-392-PAWS (7297)

Monday-Friday, noon-6 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

Adoption Fees*

Dogs: $70
Cats/Ferrets: $50

Adoption fees are half off for senior citizens or if an older animal is being adopted.

*Fee includes city license tags sterilization, microchipping, core vaccines, rabies vaccine, heartworm testing (for dogs aged five months and older) and FeLV/FIV testing (for cats).

Core Vaccinations

Canines

Distemper
Adenovirus Type 2
Hepatitis
Parainfluenza
Leptospirosis
Parvovirus
Bordetella

Felines

Panleukopenia
Calicivirus
Rhinotracheitis

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