The Burlington County Animal Shelter serves as the rabies control point for the 40 municipalities of Burlington County, operating within the Disease Prevention and Control Division of the Burlington County Health Department. Our Shelter is a county facility supported by animal control contracts with local municipalities and the county taxpayers. It is used as a shelter for stray dogs, cats and other small animals for a short term stay in accordance with Title 8, Chapter 23. It is also a place where county residents can take stray and unwanted animals.
We encourage all potential adopters to visit the Shelter to see if there is an animal you're interested in adopting. If so, you will fill out an application to become an approved adopter. After you have become an approved adopter you may then take out the animal you and interested in to interact with it or any other animal still available. Once your application has been approved and you have interacted with the animal if the animal is spayed or neutered you will be able to take the animal home the same day. If you do not wish to take the animal home that day you have a 24-hour period to arrange for pick up for the animal before we start accepting new applications. If the animal you have chosen still needs to be spayed or neutered you can complete the adoption paperwork on the animal to put a hold on it until it is able to go through the spay and neuter clinic. After it goes through the clinic you will then have a 24-hour period after the clinic to pick up the animal.