Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life!
Contact us, or contact another local humane society, animal shelter or SPCA.
We Serve the Following Cities, Towns, and/or Counties: We serve the tri-county area. Pinellas, Pasco, and Hillsborough County.
Humane Society of Tampa Bay
About Our Shelter
The Humane Society of Tampa Bay is dedicated to the welfare of all animals because of their intrinsic value and rights. Its primary purposes are the prevention of cruelty to animals, the relief of suffering among animals, the extension of humane education and the provision of shelter-based services.
Services No Kill for Space Program In January 2004 we changed our program to one of No Kill for Space, to help stop the needless euthanizing of adoptables animals in the Tampa Bay area. We now take owned adoptable dogs and cats by appointment only. We will no longer euthanize a dog or cat to make room for another one.
Pet Adoption Program We try to provide friendly, healthy companion animals to responsible and prepared pet owners. To view our pets for adoption, click here.
Spaying & Neutering Spaying and neutering is provided for all animals prior to adoption. We will not contribute to the pet overpopulation.
Lost & Found We maintain a lost and found pet file. By maintaining a "Lost & Found" pet file, pet reports are checked daily to reunite families with their pets.
Information and Referral Service Hundreds of calls to HSTB each month request information about pet care, training or community animal problems. (813) 876-7138.
Humane Euthanasia The Humane Society of Tampa Bay provides euthanisia services for owned pets in the Tampa Bay community, whom are either too sick or ederly and deserve a humane release to prevent further suffering. The services are free, but a donation is requested. Private cremation services are also available for a fee. Please call HSTB for additional information.
Behavior Help Line A free service to pets owners in the Tampa Bay area who are experiencing a training or behavior problem with their pet(s). Please call 813-876-7138, ext. 20 or email to petbehavior@humanesocietytampa.org.
Spay/Neuter Clinic Reduced cost sterilization and basic vaccines for dogs and cats are available to all pet owners. Learn more about our Spay/Neuter Clinic by clicking here.
Animeals Animeals provides homebound and senior pet owners with high-quality pet food delivered monthly. Additional funding is being sought for this program which currently provides 3,500 pounds of pet food each month. Click here if your business would like to sponsor one month ($1,500) or more of Animeals.
Pets for People Program The adoption fee is reduced by $50.00 for people for people who are sixty years of age or more. This program helps our "seniors" who often are able to provide stable homes but may be unable to afford the initial expenses of pet ownership. Sponsored by Nestle Purina Company.
Speaker's Bureau Staff and volunteers are enthusiastic guest speakers at a variety of community civic organizations and clubs. To learn more about the Speaker's Bureau, click here.
Private Pet Cremations Cremation services are available during shelter hours. Call (813) 876-7138 for details and cost.
Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Program We provide reduced rates for spaying or neutering of ferals or free roaming cats. Contact clinic at 870-3304 or clinic@humanesocieytampa.org for more information.
Come Meet our Pets
Humane Society of Tampa Bay 3607 North Armenia Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607 (813) 876-7138
Adoption Hours: We are open Tuesday and Wednesday 12-7:30 and Thursday-Sunday 12pm-5pm.
* Adoptions stop 30 minutes before close.
Our Adoption Process
~Adoption Fees~
Small Breeds and Puppies: $125.00
Large Dogs (over 6 months): $75.00
Cats & Kittens: $50.00
Includes Spay/ Neuter, First Vaccination, Rabies (over 4 months), Basic Grooming, and Microchips
Dog adoption and cat
adoption saves lives. Adopt
a dog or adopt a cat and you'll
have a friend for life! What is the difference between adopting a dog, adopting
a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats
for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder?
When someone is breeding puppies or breeding kittens, they are creating new dogs
and cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of
dog, cat, puppy or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed
is to buy a dog for sale or buy a cat for sale from a puppy breeder or a kitten
breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats who must find homes.
So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder or buying a cat
or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog, adopt
a cat, adopt a puppy or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane
society or pet rescue group.