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Detroit Animal Care and Control takes in stray pets from the City of Detroit, and adopts pets out to Detroit and surrounding areas.
Detroit Animal Care and Control's adoption process
1.
Visit the Facility and Find a Pet
2.
Meet the Pet
3.
Submit Application
4.
Sign Adoption Contract
5.
Take the Pet Home
Additional adoption info
Our shelter is located at 7401 Chrysler Service Dr, Detroit, Michigan, 48211. Adoptions are daily from 10:30am to 3:30pm. Please arrive by 3:00pm. Bring your entire human family, but please leave other pets at home. Adoption counselors will review with you how to slowly introduce your new pet to any pets you might already have at home.
Please check our Adopt page for more information about or adoptable pets and the adoption process. https://www.friendsofdacc.org
Note that some of out adoptable pets are in foster homes. Please check our Adopt page at https://www.friendsofdacc.org/adopt to see which pets are in foster - the location will say "In a Foster Home".
Check our Events page for special evening and offsite adoption events at https://www.friendsofdacc.org/events.
Come find your new best friend!
Our shelter is located at 7401 Chrysler Service Dr, Detroit, Michigan, 48211. Adoptions are daily from 10:30am to 3:30pm. Please arrive by 3:00pm. Bring your entire human family, but please leave other pets at home. Adoption counselors will review with you how to slowly introduce your new pet to any pets you might already have at home.
Please check our Adopt page for more information about or adoptable pets and the adoption process. https://www.friendsofdacc.org
Note that some of out adoptable pets are in foster homes. Please check our Adopt page at https://www.friendsofdacc.org/adopt to see which pets are in foster - the location will say "In a Foster Home".
Check our Events page for special evening and offsite adoption events at https://www.friendsofdacc.org/events.
The mission of Detroit Animal Care and Control is to promote and protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents and visitors of the City of Detroit from animal bites, zoonotic disease, or traffic hazards; to maintain the highest standards of humane animal sheltering; to promote the placement of animals into homes; and to encourage responsible pet ownership through education, enforcement, and community partnership.
The mission of Detroit Animal Care and Control is to promote and protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents and visitors of the City of Detroit from animal bites, zoonotic disease, or traffic hazards; to maintain the highest standards of humane animal sheltering; to promote the placement of animals into homes; and to encourage responsible pet ownership through education, enforcement, and community partnership.
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Why should you adopt?
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.
