Animal Control

Contact Information

18849 S. Shafter Avenue

Shafter, CA  93263

Tel:  

Fax:

661-746-2140 – Animal Shelter

661-746-8500 – Service Calls

661-746-0351

Shyanne Schull – Animal Control Manager

Lost Animal?
If you have lost an animal, you can contact the Shafter Animal Shelter to report it.  You may also come by the shelter to see if your animal is there. You should also contact Kern County Animal Control at 661-868-7100 and the Bakersfield SPCA at 661-323-8353 to report your lost animal.  In most cases, shelters have multiple animals coming through their doors on a daily basis so it is your responsibility to keep checking back with each shelter for your animal.  Most importantly, your animal should be wearing identification tags at all times. This is your animal's ticket home!  

If you would like to send us an e-mail for information, please send to: 
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Hours

Animal Control is available during the following times:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday:
                                

9:00am to 3:00pm 

Wednesday:

1:00pm to 7:00pm

Closed Sundays

Responsibilities and Services

• Pick-up, impoundment, and disposal of stray animals
• Cat trap rental and pick-up for stray cats
• Enforcement of Animal Laws
• Bite reports and rabies control
• Transportation of stray, injured animals
• Investigations of animal cruelty, neglect and/or abandonment
• Investigations of animal nuisance complaints
• Investigation assistance to other law enforcement agencies
• Adoptions of shelter animals
• Lost/found reports
• Public education programs and materials

Pet Adoption

Visit our Adoption Site to see the cute critters available to take home!

Grand Jury Report
The Kern County Grand Jury serves to assist the people of Kern County. The Kern County Grand Jury is a body of 19 citizens, independent of any political or special interest group, that objectively investigates all aspects of county government, special districts and cities to ensure that these bodies are being effectively governed and that public monies are being judiciously handled.

In November of this year, the Grand Jury conducted an inspection of the City of Shafter's Animal Shelter. You may read their report by clicking here: Animal Shelter Grand Jury Report 2007.

Additional Animal Control Reports
There are additional reports regarding the activities of the Animal Control unit available for review through the Office of the Chief of Police link. Click HERE to go there and view them now.