Animal Care Services
Welcome to the Front Street Animal Shelter
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Welcome to the Front Street Animal Shelter
The Front Street Animal Shelter serves the City of Sacramento to shelter lost and stray animals while enforcing local and state animal welfare laws. Our diverse range of adoption, volunteer, and public outreach programs reflect our commitment to improving animal welfare throughout our community.
The Front Street Animal Shelter will open at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, September 17
In order to accommodate a department-wide event, the Front Street Animal Shelter will open at a later time on Wednesday, September 17. The shelter will open at 1:30 pm, and this includes both the Main Building and the Intake Building.
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Announcing a change in the weekly closing time
Starting on Tuesday, August 5, the Front Street Animal Shelter's Pet Food Pantry will close at 11:30 am each Tuesday. Previously, the closing time was 12:00 pm.
The pet food pantry will still open at 10:00 am every Tuesday morning in the shelter's parking lot.
Keep your dogs and cats safe, healthy, and protected
Make a donation and pay your bill online
Make a monetary donation through our donation portal
Pay your pet's license fee through your online account
Pay your pet's redemption fee through our online payment system
Pay your citation fee through our online payment system
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