Austin Animal Center is the municipal shelter for the City of Austin and unincorporated Travis County, providing shelter to thousands of animals annually as well as providing animal protection and pet resource services. We accept stray and owned animals regardless of age, health, species or breed. Our goal is to place all adoptable animals in forever homes through adoption, foster care, or rescue partner groups. Animal Services has numerous programs and partnerships designed to help pets in the shelter, in the community, and in your home.
1. Browse available pets or come to the shelter in person. AAC is open for adoption walk-ins Monday – Saturday from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. You can also create a profile online to save your favorite pets! A shelter pet’s availability can change at any time, so we recommend choosing a few favorites. 2. Find a pet you want to meet? In a pet’s profile, click the pink “Adopt Me” button. This will prompt you to complete an adoption questionnaire. This questionnaire does not hold the animal for you. 3. Once complete, you’ll receive an email with additional information. Check your spam/junk mail! For foster animals, review the email for next steps. For animals onsite at our shelter, come to the shelter with your driver’s license or government-issued photo ID.
Austin TX | 2.5 miles away
Righteous Paws Rescue is a diverse coalition of Animal Defenders battling against animal injustices @ the frontlines in Texas. We stand united in agency/power prioritizing a collective mission to end animal abuse by challenging archaic myths & ideas in pursuit of redefining & discovering the integrity of "humane" care. We resist institutionalized narratives justifying the unnec
Austin TX 78761 | 3.4 miles away
Our mission: To balance the health, safety, and welfare needs of canines in the state of Texas by providing nourishment and a safe environment for unwanted, stray, abused, and impounded Boxers. Once placed in new homes they become more than just pets, they become family.
Austin TX 78766 | 3.4 miles away
Tuxedo Junction Rescue is a closed-intake sanctuary for rescued cats who, for reasons of age, health, or behavioral issues, are not considered adoptable to members of the general public. The mission of this organization is to provide sheltering, veterinary care and loving attention to these cats as they live out their lives in the safety of our sanctuary. Tuxedo Junction Rescue will consider makin
Austin TX 78711 | 3.4 miles away
Founded on the belief that all life should be valued and treated with dignity and respect, Austin Siamese Rescue, Inc. has a long-term commitment to responsible rescue, rehabilitation and the re-homing of Siamese cats and their non-Siamese companions in the Central Texas area. Austin Siamese Rescue, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, formerly the Austin Branch of Texas Siamese Rescue.
Austin TX 78720 | 3.4 miles away
Lil' Paws Maltese Rescue and other Petite Paws exists to rescue, rehabilitate, and carefully rehome neglected and homeless maltese and other small dog. We are a 501c3 non-profit rescue group run entirely by a small group of dedicated volunteers who are passionate about the welfare of these dogs.
Austin TX 78734 | 5 miles away
Our mission can be summed up in four words - rescue, rehabilitation, outreach, & enrichment.
Austin TX 78752 | 6.5 miles away
Serving our community since 1952, the Austin Humane Society (AHS) is the longest standing no-kill shelter in Austin. AHS transforms the lives of animals and the people who love them through life-saving programs that find animals homes, serve animals and people in times of crisis, prevent future homelessness through spay and neuter, and engage the community to be a part of the solution. Over the pa
Austin TX | 6.8 miles away
Austin Dog Rescue (ADR) has been rescuing and finding homes for homeless dogs since 2006. In the summer of 2007 Austin Dog Rescue applied for and received its 501(c)3 tax-exempt non-profit status. With our careful placement and commitment to being our dogs' lifelong advocate, we have assisted thousands of homeless dogs throughout Central Texas. We are an all-volunteer organization and have n
Austin TX 78766 | 7.7 miles away
Goal: To find loving forever homes for each dog that we commit to help.
Austin TX | 7.7 miles away
We are a group of volunteers that focus on saving animals from euthanasia in the Big Spring, TX Animal Shelter. We are a foster based rescue group. We pull adoptable dogs and foster them while networking them to forever homes. Forever homes may be found in Big Spring (or surrounding areas), Austin or other parts of Texas or the US. We work directly with the Big Spring Animal Rescue page to help sa
Austin TX | 7.7 miles away
Throw a Dog a Bone Dog Rescue was founded after our director visited a rural South Texas shelter to transport a dog. The experience of seeing the conditions propelled her to found a rescue to work primarily with these shelters. These shelters exist in rural communities all over the state. They have little to no community support and funding is very limited. We strive to find these shelters and h
Austin TX | 8 miles away
LOVE-A-BULL, Inc. is an outgrowth of the former Austin American Pit Bull Terrier Meetup Group, which was formed in 2003. This social meetup group for owners and dogs to connect and form a community evolved into a group of people who wanted to see change. Since that time, organizers recognized that the political climate warranted the need for change. As a result, LOVE-A-BULL org achieved 501(c)(3)
Austin TX 78755 | 8.1 miles away
Cocker Spaniel Rescue of Austin/San Antonio is an all volunteer, non-profit organization that works to find permanent, loving homes for homeless cocker spaniels in the Central Texas area.
Austin TX | 8.1 miles away
We are a 501c3 rescue organization. All donations are tax deductible.
Austin TX | 9.8 miles away
Catnip Casa Cat Refuge provides care for cats that require extensive rehab or lifelong pawspice care due to age, disease, or disabilities that do not allow them to live in a normal home due to medical needs or behavioral challenges. In the case of community cats, they are unable to function in their natural environment.
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