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Animal Shelter

Fairfax County, Virginia

CONTACT INFORMATION: Building closed; services by advance appointment only; staff on site 9am-5pm daily.

703-830-1100
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animalshelter@fairfaxcounty.gov

4500 West Ox Road
Fairfax, VA 22030

Karen Diviney, Ph.D.,
Director

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Considering adding a new pet to your family? Great! We are happy to announce our new virtual adoption process. For full details, read the 'Steps to Adopt' page below.

Did you know you can view all our available pets online? Our Petango page is updated in real time, so as soon as a pet is available for adoption they'll show up on the webpage. And, as soon as they're adopted, their photos and bio will disappear. You can view all our available dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, and more at the link below!

See our available pets!

Curious about how to go about adopting a new pet from our shelter? It's pretty straightforward! Please review our new virtual adoption process steps for all the details!

Steps to adopt a pet

Our adoption fees are structured based on species and age, and range from $5 (small animals like mice and hamsters) to $200 (puppies under six months of age).

See all adoption fees here

Do you have a question about adopting a pet, such as what is included in the adoption fee? Visit our adoption FAQs page to see the most frequently asked adoption questions, and their answers.

Adoption FAQs
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