Animal Services

Horses and goats in need of your help!

Pierce County Animal Control is seeking adoptable homes for horses and goats seized as the result of an animal cruelty investigation.

Click here for a detailed description of the rescued horses and goats available for adoption. After you have viewed the list, navigate back to our website to complete the adoption application.

To begin the adoption process, please complete the adoption form.

Completed applications should be postmarked by Friday, August 6, 2010.

Mail completed forms to:

Pierce County Animal Control

2401 South 35th Street, Room 200

Tacoma, WA 98409

Animal Control

Each day, Animal Control Officers respond to calls throughout unincorporated Pierce County and the contract Towns of Wilkeson, South Prairie and Carbonado. Officers assist the public from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, with emergency services provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week by on-call officers.

For service, please call 253-798-PETS (7387).

Animal Control Officers respond to the following requests:

vicious animal complaints
cruelty investigations
animal bites
domestic animals running at large
injured animal rescues
police department calls for assistance
loose livestock on roadways
patrol requests

Animal Control Officers do check the messages on the weekends for non-emergency calls to the PETS line. If it is an EMERGENCY, Call 911.

Once you have obtained a case number from the dispatcher or an officer, you can download the Animal Control Complaint Statement Form.

For emergencies such as an injured stray domestic animal or animals causing a threat to public safety you may call 911. You may also call the 24 hour non-emergency dispatch line at (253)798-4721.

Pierce County contracts with the following 24 hour veterinarian clinics (both clinics are able to accept injured animals from the public):

Pacific Avenue Animal Hospital, 10234 Pacific Ave S, Tacoma (253)537-0241
Sumner Veterinary Hospital, 16024 60th St E, Sumner, (253)863-2258

Animals can be taken directly to the Humane Society for Tacoma/Pierce County during their normal business hours. Please call the Humane Society at (253)383-2733 or visit their website at www.thehumanesociety.org for hours of operation.

Wildlife Nuisance

Pierce County Animal Control has jurisdiction over domestic animals such as cats, dogs and livestock. Wildlife falls into the jurisdiction of the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. This includes wildlife such as deer, raccoon, coyote, cougar, and bear. Contact the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife at 360-902-2200 for wildlife related issues or visit http://wdfw.wa.gov/ on the internet.

Purchase Your Pet License Online

Click here to use the online service to renew your pet license or to purchase a license for a new pet.

($1.50 convenience fee for the online transaction)

Click here for Pet Ownership Status Form (No longer have pet)

Donations

How you can help...

Write a check to Pierce County Animal Control for any amount and you will receive a letter acknowledging your tax deductible donation.

Donations can be sent to:

Pierce County Animal Control

2401 South 35th Street, Room 200

Tacoma, WA 98409

New! Animal Services Advisory Panel

Purpose

To provide the Pierce County Auditor with comprehensive plans and specific recommendations directed toward improving the overall quality and control of animals. The Advisory Panel makes recommendations to the Pierce County Auditor on animal control codes, policies and programs on a monthly basis.

The Pierce County Auditor's Office has selected 12 members of the public to serve on the new Animal Services Advisory Panel.

Click here to view the list of the appointees, and the area of expertise each represents.

Meetings are open to the public and will begin in March 2010, every third Tuesday at 6pm in the public hearing room at the Pierce County Annex.

Upcoming Events

Spay Day 2010

Dollars for Dogs & Cash for Cats-Discounted Spay/Neuter Surgeries Click here to obtain more information on the annual campaign aimed to inspire people to save animal lives by spaying or neutering pets.

Auburn's Petpalooza will be held May 22, 2010 at Game Farm Park from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Click here for more details.

The Responsi-Bull Project is offering FREE spay/neuter surgeries. Click here for more information.

Pierce County News

Horse Safe Havens 4/2/09

Animal Control 3/2010

Online Pet License 3/2010

Eatonville Rescue 6/3/2010

Eatonville Animal Adoptions 6/17/2010

Shelters/Agencies

Humane Society Tacoma & Pierce County

2608 Center St, Tacoma 98409 Phone 253-383-2733

http://www.thehumanesociety.org/pet_owners_lost_found.php