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Outreach Coordinator Kristen Auerbach and her dog Dasher
4500 West Ox Road
Public Hours Animal Shelter Vision: We strive toward the day when no healthy, treatable or rehabilitatable companion animal is euthanized for lack of space or other resources. |
The Fairfax County Animal Services Division is made up of three entities: the animal shelter, animal control and the wildlife biologist. Shelter staff works with animal control officers to care for lost, abandoned, abused or unwanted Fairfax County animals.
The primary function of the animal shelter is to provide care and shelter for animals surrendered by the public and/or brought in by animal control as strays, to help reunite owners with lost pets and to serve the community with regard to reducing the population of homeless pets. Animal Control enforces the state and county animal-related laws, and the wildlife biologist oversees deer and geese management programs in the county.
Each year, the animal shelter takes in more than 5,500 companion animals and has an additional 2,000 or more wildlife pass through its doors. You can access detailed statistics by visiting the Office of the State Veterinarian web site.
- Adoption
- Animal Control Services
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Animal
Shelter Strategic Plan
- Animal Trespass
- Calendar of Events *NEW*
- Cats in the Community
- Dangerous & Vicious Dogs
- Deer Management
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Donations
- Exotic Pets
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Friends of the Fairfax County Animal Shelter *NEW*
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- Foster
- ID Your Pets
- Pets for Seniors Program
- Pet Support Meetings
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Redeem Your Lost Pet
- Report a Lost or Found Pet
- Rabies
- Surrendering Your Pet
- Tips for Finding a Lost Pet
- Tips for safeguarding your pet
- Trap-Neuter-Return
- Volunteer
- Wildlife in Fairfax County
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