• Austin Animal Center
• 1156 W Cesar Chavez St
• Austin, Texas 78703

ADOPT A PET / LOST PETS

Lost pets:

Please talk to your neighbors, look for your pet, post signs in your neighborhood and come to Town Lake Animal Center to look for your pet as soon as you can.

Because we receive so many animals, animals may only be held for 3 business days after intake. It is best if you visit the shelter at least every other day to check for your lost pet.

We have limited staff and we do not know your pet, so we cannot search for your pet Between visits to the shelter, you can search an online database of animals that are in the shelter. This is not as reliable as visiting the shelter in person, and is not a substitute for visiting the shelter.

Click here for a list of found pets: www.petharbor.com

Tips if you have found someone’s lost pet:

Most stray animals are owned by someone – don’t keep an animal that you find without making a real effort to locate the owner. Talk to neighbors and post signs.

• If you can keep the found pet temporarily, please call or contact 311 online to submit a Found Animal report.
• If you bring a found pet to us, please provide us with all the information you can about where and when it was found.
• If you have found a stray pet and cannot bring it to the shelter yourself, contact 311. Animal Protection should be able to pick the animal up.

Animals Accepted

The Animal Center is an “open-intake” animal shelter. We accept any animal that needs shelter, regardless of age, health, species, breed or behavior, and no matter whether it is a stray or an owned animal.

We attempt to find a home for every animal, but we cannot guarantee that an animal will not be humanely euthanized at the shelter.