Fairfax County Animal Shelter - Lorton Campus

Name: Fairfax County Animal Shelter - Lorton Campus
Address: 8875 Lorton Road, Lorton, VA, 22079
Telephone: (703) 830-1100

Animal shelter in Lorton, Virginia

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Address

8875 Lorton Road, Lorton, VA 22079

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Phone

(703) 830-1100

animalshelter@fairfaxcounty.gov

Website

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/animalshelter/

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Shelter FAQs

We are excited to welcome our community to the state-of-the-art Fairfax County Animal Shelter Lorton Campus! The Lorton Campus is open for dog, cat and small animal adoptions. Our adoption process and hours will be the same as those of our Michael R Frey Campus in Fairfax.

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Additional adoption info

Both our Michael R Frey Campus, located at 4500 West Ox Rd. in Fairfax, and our Lorton Campus, located at 8875 Lorton Rd. in Lorton, are open for same-day, walk-in adoptions Tuesdays and Wednesdays 12-5 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays 12-7 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and closed Mondays. Please note: We take our last adoption application 30 minutes before closing.

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