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Areas Oklahoma City Animal Welfare Division serves
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Animal Welfare Division's adoption process
Additional adoption info
- Research pet care and the right animal for your family. This is a long-term decision.
- Look online for our available adoptable pets. You can also look on Pet Finder.
- Bring your family to the OKC Animal Shelter and interact with the pets available for adoption. Our volunteers and staff will help you through the process.
- When you've chosen the right pet for you, our staff will help you fill out paperwork. Bring a parent or guardian if you're under 18 years old and photo identification with your current address.
- Research pet care and the right animal for your family. This is a long-term decision.
- Look online for our available adoptable pets. You can also look on Pet Finder.
- Bring your family to the OKC Animal Shelter and interact with the pets available for adoption. Our volunteers and staff will help you through the process.
- When you've chosen the right pet for you, our staff will help you fill out paperwork. Bring a parent or guardian if you're under 18 years old and photo identification with your current address.
About Oklahoma City Animal Welfare Division
OKC Animal Welfare serves more than 24,000 animals each year in the City of OKC, and we also provide animal sheltering services for the cities of Del City, Valley Brook and Tinker Air Force Base. You can adopt and look for lost pets at the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter.
OKC Animal Welfare serves more than 24,000 animals each year in the City of OKC, and we also provide animal sheltering services for the cities of Del City, Valley Brook and Tinker Air Force Base. You can adopt and look for lost pets at the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter.
Oklahoma City Animal Welfare Division's adopted pets
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Support adoption and rescue. Why go to a dog breeder, cat breeder or pet store to buy a dog or buy a cat when you can adopt?
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.
