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Animal Services
The Mission of Animal Services:
- Promote and ensure public health and safety
- Facilitate responsible pet ownership
- Humanely and responsibly care for the animals in our care
- Provide prompt and courteous service to our customers
- Provide education and positive enforcement efforts
Hours of Operation:
Visalia Animal Services will continue to offer appointments to expedite your service. See below for appointment hours.
Please call 559-713-4700 to schedule your appointment.
Appointments are required for the following:
- Owner Requested Euthanasia
- Owner Surrenders- limited space available
- Trap Neuter Release for feral or community cats (Thursday & Saturday drop off Appointments ONLY) Found Animal.pdf
HOLIDAY'S WE ARE CLOSED:
*January 1st & 20th 2025
*February 17th 2025
*May 26th, 2025
*July 4th, 2025
*September 11th, 2025
*November 11th & 27th-28th, 2025
*December 24th-25th, 2025
*January 1st, 2026
Sundays & Monday's - CLOSED
*Note: Animal Control Dispatch available Monday-Saturday 8am-5pm (559) 713-4957
Tuesday - Friday: Facility Open 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. (Animal Visiting Hours: 10am-6:30pm)
Saturday: Facility Open 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. (Animal Visiting Hours: 9am-11:30am)
An appointment for ANY the following services is encouraged prior to your visit:- Stray/Found Animals Found Animal.pdf or Found Animal-Not in Shelter.pdf
- Redemptions & Pick ups
- Lost/Missing Animals Lost-Missing Animal form.pdf
- Adoptions
** Since there is no law prohibiting cats from roaming loose, Animal Control Officer's do not respond to calls for loose OR stray cats unless they are injured or sick.
We encourage you to visit our Facebook page (Visalia Animal Services) to view images of the animals that have been impounded to search for your missing pet.
Learn About Animal Services
To learn more about Animal Services, attend a future community outreach meeting!
While no meetings are currently scheduled, we invite you to review the presentations from previous meetings:
Thursday, February 27, 2025 public meeting presentation
Didn't make a past update meeting? Animal Services team members have periodically met with the public, provided information on the Division and the Animal Care Center and received feedback from the public on operations.
To be notified of any future (although none are planned at this time, stay in the know!) community meetings for Animal Services, contact Shelter Manager Candace Harrington at [email protected] to have your name and information added to a contact list.
New Pet License or Renewal:
New licenses and license renewals for your pets will only be processed by mail, email, telephone or can be left in a drop box that has been installed in the front of our building (NO CASH PLEASE). For more details on how to license your pet remotely please call 559-713-4700 during business hours.
License Applications:
Visalia Pet License Application or Visalia Pet License Application (Spanish)
Dinuba Pet License Application
Exeter Pet License Application
Farmersville Pet License Application
Email- [email protected] Fax- 559-713-4679
US Mail- 29016 Hwy 99 Visalia CA 93277 Phone- 559-713-4700
TNR- Trap Neuter Release Program for feral/community cats
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- An appointment is required - Please call on Tuesdays only at 8am for an appointment 559-713-4700 space is limited.
- Cats are scheduled for drop by appointment on Thursday's and Saturday's. Please call to schedule your appointment. This program is intended for residents of the City limits of Visalia.
- We ask that the cat be in a cat trap one cat per trap for the safety of staff to easily transfer the cat from one cage to another cage (less handling= less stress for the cat)
- Cat must be trapped only day prior to appointment
- $10 fee per cat
- Citizens are to trap cats on their own property ONLY
- Cat traps are available for rent at our facility $59 deposit in addition to a $15 rental fee per week (inventory of trap may vary) deposit will be refunded within 30 days via check once the trap has been returned.
- Provide ID for proof of residence
Operation Fix A Chia Pit- APPOINTMENTS ARE LIMITED
Animal Care Center Offers Free Spay & Neuter (See flier)
Did you know that over 54% of the dogs received by the Visalia Animal Care Center are pit bulls and Chihuahuas?
To help curb the number of pit bulls and Chihuahuas that enter local shelter's each year, Visalia Animal Services has launched Operation Fix A Chia Pit.
Open to all Visalia residents who own either a pit bull or Chihuahua, the procedure is completely free. To sign-up, please call to make an appointment. At the time of your appointment, please provide proof of residency (a utility bill is preferred
For more information on Operation Fix A Chia Pit, please call 559-713-4700 or read the Inside City Hall article.