Animal Control

Contact Information

18849 S. Shafter Avenue

Shafter, CA  93263

Tel:  

Fax:

661-746-2140 – Animal Shelter

661-746-8500 – Service Calls

661-746-0351

Lost Animal?
If you have lost an animal, you can contact the Shafter Animal Shelter to report it.  You may also come by the shelter to see if your animal is there. You should also contact Kern County Animal Control at 661-321-3000 and the Bakersfield SPCA at 661-323-8353 to report your lost animal.  In most cases, shelters have multiple animals coming through their doors on a daily basis so it is your responsibility to keep checking back with each shelter for your animal.  Most importantly, your animal should be wearing identification tags at all times. This is your animal's ticket home!  

If you would like to send us an e-mail for information, please send to: 
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Hours

Animal Control is available during the following times:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday:     

9:00am to 3:00pm 

Wednesday:

1:00pm to 7:00pm

Closed Sundays

** If the door is locked during business hours, please ring the bell at the front.

PLEASE NOTE: We only accept animals from within Shafter City Limits. Our shelter is small and can only accommodate animals from within the City Limits. Stray animals should be turned into the shelter of the jurisdiction where it was found. Usually this helps to match the animal with the rightful owner if one is located.

Responsibilities and Services

• Pick-up, impoundment, and disposal of stray animals
• Cat trap rental and pick-up for stray cats
• Enforcement of Animal Laws
• Bite reports and rabies control
• Transportation of stray, injured animals
• Investigations of animal cruelty, neglect and/or abandonment
• Investigations of animal nuisance complaints
• Investigation assistance to other law enforcement agencies
• Adoptions of shelter animals
• Lost/found reports
• Public education programs and materials

Pet Adoption

We do offer adoptions to the public onsite. Please visit our Adoption Site to see the cute critters available to take home!

How to license your dog
Bring a current rabies certificate for each dog to the shelter to purchase a license.

Additional Animal Control Reports
There are additional reports regarding the activities of the Animal Control unit available for review through the Office of the Chief of Police link. Click HERE to go there and view them now.