Desoto County Animal Services is dedicated to enlisting and employing dedicated animal care personnel. Animal Services and complaint calls for domestic canine, feline and fowl for both the city of Arcadia and Desoto County encompass response to strays, unwanted pets, nuisance domestic animals, neglect/abuse investigations, animals at large & sick & injured animals. Adoptions of domestic pets and coordination with pet rescues serve to place these pets into safe, lasting homes. Redemption of lost or missing pets can be conducted at the Animal Services kennels Tuesday thru Friday from 11:00 am till 6:00 pm. Kennels are open, and adoptions are conducted Tuesday thru Friday from 11:00am till 6:00 pm.
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2048 NE McKay St
Arcadia, FL 34266
Create an alert, and we'll notify you every time a new pet comes in who meets your criteria.
DeSoto County
Additional adoption info
We have both dogs and cats available to the public for adoption. All animals must be spayed or neutered when adopted. The cost at adoption is $47. This includes $10 adoption fee, $12 for rabies shot, $25 towards spay/neuter. Our adopted pets are micro-chipped free of charge. Privately owned pets can be brought to the shelter and micro-chipped for $15.00.
Dogs and cats are available for Adoption or Rescue groups once their hold time is over.
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