What Are Animal Care Services
"Free Dogs"
Due to high capacity at both the Ukiah & Fort Bragg Animal Shelters, all adoptable dogs are "free" until further notice. The only charges adopters will have to pay for is a dog license if you reside in the county jurisdiction. The cost of a dog license is $25.00. All dogs come spay or neutered, vaccinated and micro-chipped.
Please go to the below link and take a look at our adoptable dogs.
If interested in any of the dogs please fill out the online adoption application at the below link. Shortly after you have completed & submitted the online adoption application a staff member will contact you.
Thank you.
Animal Care Services
Attention Dog Owners in Mendocino County
New 3 Year Dog License Option for Dog Owners
In an effort to make the dog license process easier for dog owners, Animal Care Services is now offering a (3) year dog license option for dog owners.
When purchasing your first dog license for a dog that is under one (1) year of age the dog's license is only valid for one (1) year. This is due to the dogs first rabies vaccination only being recognized for a one (1) year period under State of California Health & Safety Code § 121690.
After the dogs first rabies vaccination you will have the option to purchase a (3) year dog license if you provide proof of a 3 year rabies vaccination record from the dog(s) Veterinarian. Your dog's rabies must be good for three future years from time of license purchase. For example, if you are purchasing a 3 year license in 2021, the dog's rabies must be good until 2024.
Cost of (3) year dog licenses are:
- (3) year spay or neutered dog license = $60.00
- (3) year intact dog license = $150.00
This results in a savings of $15.00 dollars for the dog owners on both license options when purchasing a three (3) year dog license.
Please provide proof of a current (3) year rabies vaccination from the dog(s) Veterinarian when mailing in your pet license renewal statement or if you come in person to renew your dog license at the Ukiah or Fort Bragg Animal Shelters locations listed below.
Dog owners that have late fees associated with their dog licenses are not able to purchase a 3 year dog license online and must go to the Ukiah or Fort Bragg Animal Shelter to see staff in order to come into compliance.
Mail in dog license renewal statements that indicate the owner is wanting to purchase a 3 year dog license that don't have the required amount or proof of a 3 year rabies vaccination certificate will be sent back to the owner.
There will be no prorating when purchasing a 3 year dog license.
The 3 year dog license is not applicable for dogs listed on a Kennel License. Dogs listed on a Kennel License are required to purchase a 1 year dog license due to Kennel License being valid for a one year period.
All sales are final and no refunds will be granted.
Please contact us at 707-463-4427 for the Ukiah Animal Shelter and 707-961-2491 for the Fort Bragg Animal Shelter if you have any questions regarding the (3) year dog license and a staff member will assist you.
Ukiah Animal Shelter – 298 Plant Road, Ukiah, CA 95482
Fort Bragg Animal Shelter – 19701 Summers Lane, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Thank you.
History of Cats
Go to the above link for some educational reading.
Abandonment = Criminal Charges
There have been a number of recent incidents at the Animal Shelter lately in which people are leaving animals at the front door over night. We want to remind the community that not only is this unsafe for the animals, it is considered abandonment of an animal and can be punishable under the law.
Please remember that when you take on the responsibility of an animal, even a stray, you need to have a plan in place. The shelter is not open 24/7 to take in animals and leaving them tied up or in crates at the front doors for hours is NOT a viable option.
Our hours of operation open to the public are Tuesday - Saturday from 10:00 - 4:30 and we're closed for lunch from 1:00 - 1:30 each day.
It is a misdemeanor and/or felony if you think you want to abandon an animal(s) at the Animal Shelter.
Penal Code 597 is defined as:
(a) Anyone who intentionally maims, tortures, wounds, or kills an animal is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment in a California state prison, a fine $20,000, or both, or up to one year in a county jail.
(b) Anyone who has custody of an animal overworks, tortures, deprives of necessary sustenance, drink, or shelter, cruelly beats kills, or subjects an animal to needless suffering, cruelty, abuses, or fails to provide the animal with proper food, drink, or shelter or protection from the weather, is guilty of either a misdemeanor or felony offense.
Citizens are recorded on video surveillance cameras at the Animal Shelter. The surveillance video will be used to pursue criminal charges.
New 3 Year Dog License Option
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FYI - California's Reopening
California's Reopening, as of Tuesday, June 15th, will not have an immediate impact on the County's current operations and status of limited public access. County facilities will remain closed or limited access/by appointment only until after County Leadership determines the timing and next steps for reopening of the County.
The State's reopening does not cause any immediate changes to the masking requirements and social distancing requirements for employees in the County facilities. All employees must continue to follow current County masking and distancing requirements.
Cal OSHA regulates the safety requirements for the workplace and have not lifted the current requirements for masking and social distancing regardless of an employee's vaccination status or the Reopening. Further guidance by Cal OSHA is anticipated after the June 17, 2021, meeting to address recommended changes due to the Reopening.
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Appointments Required to View Adoptable Animals
Unfortunately due to Covid 19, animal adoption practices at Animal Shelters throughout the country were altered.
Since March 2020, the Ukiah & Fort Bragg Animal Shelters have restricted visitors in our adoptable kennel areas due to Covid 19. The restrictions don't permit walk in customers to look at adoptable animals in the kennels, required potential adopters to prefill out an online adoption applications and schedule appointments with our adoption staff to meet adoptable animals.
On Tuesday - June 15, 2021, when the State of California is scheduled to lift Covid 19 restrictions, the Ukiah & Fort Bragg Animal Shelters will still require potential adopters to prefill out an online adoption application and schedule an appointment to see our adoptable animals. Appointments will be scheduled for up to 60 minute time period.
We discovered that by reducing the visitors in the kennel areas it significantly reduced the stimulation of the animals, the animals were not stressed out, behaved better in the kennels, reduced sicknesses occurred, less medical treatments were rendered and the animals were able to get the much needed 12 to 16 hours of sleep they require.
Please go online atAdoptable Animals and view our adoptable animals and make sure to prefill out the adoption application atAdoption Application and call 467-6453 for the Ukiah Animal Shelter or 391-6017 for the Fort Bragg Shelter to schedule an appointment to see our adoptable animals.
Animal Care Services appreciates your cooperation.
Thank you.
Are you Prepared?
Click on the below link to see if you are.
Disaster Preparedness
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Keep House Cats Inside
Kitten Season - Foster Families Will Be Needed
It is kitten season and the Animal Shelter is in need of Foster Families. We are slowly getting kittens into the Animal Shelter and if you have an interest in assisting us and the cute little bundles of joy please go to the below link and fill out the Foster Application.
Foster Application
Once the Foster Application has been completed and submitted the Animal Shelter staff will review the application and contact you when we have animals in need of fostering.
Thank you.
Animal Care Services
CART - Community Animal Response Team
Please go to the below link if you wish to become a North Coast Opportunity Volunteer and assist Animal Care Services with caring & handling of large animals during disaster incidents.
CART
Feral Cat News
Position change from the National Animal Control Academy regarding the impounding of Feral Cats into Animal Shelters. You can read the article at the below link.
Animal Control Intake of Free Roaming Cats
Dog Separation Anxiety
Click on the above link to read article.
Recent Impounded Animals
Over the last month Animal Care Services has impounded numerous animals that were severely injured at the time of impound. None of the injured animals had any type of identification such as a microchip, dog license or name tag on them. Animal Care Services routinely impounds deceased animals from Animal Control, the public and Public Work Departments that also have no identification such as a microchip, dog license or name tag on them.
Chapter 10.12 of the Mendocino County Ordinances requires all dog owners to purchase a "dog license" for any dog over (4) months of age on a yearly basis and affix the license to a collar on the dog for identification purposes.
Dog licenses & microchips assist in the identification of injured, sick or deceased animals that come into the Animal Shelter.
Licensed or micro-chipped impounded animals that come into the Animal Shelter will permit Animal Care Services to spend additional funds in medically treating the injured or sick animal during an emergency situation.
Unfortunately only a small percentage of the Animal Care Services yearly budget is allocated for situations involving injured or sick animals.
Animal Care Services assist approximately (100) injured or sick animals each year. Some of these injured or sick animals come into the Animal Shelter with dog licenses and/or microchips and some don't.
If your pet animal is licensed or micro-chipped and impounded at the Animal Shelter, Animal Care Services will research the dog license or microchip information in our dog license software & national microchip data bases and if located we will attempt to contact you as soon as possible to make you aware the situation as well as request that you immediately make arrangements with your pets Veterinarian to arrange for medical treatment.
Animal Care Services is only able to provide simple medical treatment such as pain medication and fluids for known injured or sick owned animals. It is the responsibility of the owner to make arrangements for medical treatment of their injured/sick pet animal.
Please take the time to license & microchip your pet animals.
Thank you.
Animal Care Services
Dog License Renewal Information
In an effort to reduce human contact and keep all parties safe, Animal Care Services is encouraging dog owners that have to renew their dog license(s) to either mail in your renewal payment & proof of rabies if needed to the Animal Shelter at the below address or use the link below to the online animal license renewal website.
Dog License Renewal
Mailing Address:
Animal Care Services – 298 Plant Road, Ukiah, CA 95482
Thank you.
Animal Care Services
Animal Care Services Clinic
Due to numerous variables the Animal Care Services Clinic at this time is not in a position to accept any more spay & neuter applications nor set any future surgery appointments for animal owners needing a spay or neuter surgery for their pet animals.
The Clinic has been inundated with many requests from animal owners for spay & neuter surgeries and due to the numerous variables the Clinic can only provide limited spay & neuter services at this time.
Animal Care Services is requesting that citizens please check our Animal Care Services & Facebook websites for updates. Animal Care Services is hoping that this will be a short term situation and should be resolved soon.
We appreciate your understanding.
Thank you.
Please see the below link.
COVID-19 / Keep Pets Safe At Home
COVID 19 / Updated Services - April 13, 2021
Customers can come to the Animal Shelter during the normal business hours 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Tuesday through Saturday.
After entering the Animal Shelter we ask that customers stay 6 feet or more away from other unknown customers.
Facial Coverings
Animal Care Services is requiring customers have the appropriate facial covering when visiting our facility.
Customers without facial coverings may be denied service. We may be able to accommodate the customer's needs if they remain outside of the facility.
Personnel Protection Equipment
Animal Care Services has the proper seating arrangements that adhere to social distancing requirements, hand sanitizer, facial coverings if needed by customers and sneeze guards in place for the customers at the front counter & office areas for the safety of the customers & staff.
Restroom
Animal Care Services Lobby Restroom will be closed to the public.
Appointments
Animal Care Services will require customers to schedule an appointment for the following shelter services: animal adoptions, animal fostering and owned animals being surrendered. Please call 463-4427 to schedule an appointment.
We encourage potential adopters to look at our adoptable shelter animals online on our "Adoptable Animals" link on our main webpage or below prior to scheduling an appointment.
Adoptable Animals
Feral Cat(s)
Animal Care Services will require customers wanting to trap feral cat(s) to be placed on a waiting list. Staff will contact customers on the waiting list to establish a time period of - (several days) to trap the cat(s) and bring them to the Animal Shelter.
Please call 463-4427 to be placed on the waiting list.
Dog Licensing
Animal Care Services will be processing dog licenses at the front counter area – please make sure to bring your rabies vaccination certificate if we don't have your dog information on file with us.
Stray Animals
Citizens that reside in the City of Ukiah can call the Ukiah Police Department at 463-6262 to have a stray animal picked up.
Citizens that reside in county can call the Sheriff Department at 463-4086 to have a stray animal picked up.
Visitors
Unfortunately visitors are not permitted to stop in and socialize with the shelter animals due to Covid 19.
Customer Information
Due to social distances requirements Animal Care Services is only permitting up to a total of (10) customers in the facility at one time.
Please remember you must schedule an appointment if you are wanting to adopt or surrender an owned animal. Please call 463-4427 to make the appointment.
Animal Care Services will permit –
(2) Customers in the front Lobby Area for purchasing dog licenses & owned animal returns.
(2) Customers – Potential Adopters in the Adoption Counselor's Room.
(2) Customers – Potential Adopters in the Cat Adoption & Cat Group Rooms due to the small size of the area.
(2) Customers – Potential Adopters in the Dog Kennels.
(2) Customers – Animal Owners looking for Lost Pets.
Thank you.
Animal Care Services
Kitten Fostering?
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Go to the below link for information.
Leaving Found Kittens Alone
Cats & Kittens
Please contact the Animal Shelter at 463-4427 to schedule bringing in any feral cat or kitten(s).
We greatly appreciate the assistance of the public in helping us work through this situation.
Thank you.
Mendocino County Animal Shelter
Bed Donations
Kuranda Beds
Kuranda Bed Video
The Animal Shelter wishes to thank the very generous donors who have purchased a Kuranda Bed for our shelter dogs.
Services
- Adoptions
- Lost & Found Animals
- Online License Renewal
Forms
- Pet License Application
- Assistance Dog License Application
- Emergency Response Sign-up Form
- Volunteer Application
- NCO Volunteer Enrollment Form
Animal Care Services Information
- Care-A-Van and Spay/Neuter Services
- Animal Care Services Fees
- We need Volunteer! Join our team.
- Disaster Preparedness: Saving the Whole Family | En Español
- County Ordinances on Animal Care and Control
Our Mission
To serve the citizens of Mendocino County by providing animal regulation services that promote public safety, health and responsible pet ownership and delivers these services in a timely, courteous, professional and cost effective manner.
Our Services
The Animal Care Services (ACS) program areas include: Shelter Services providing; education outreach, adoption, volunteer opportunities, fostering, lost & found services, feral cat trap-neuter-release programs and licensing.
Additional services and community supports are available through Clinic Services providing; veterinary care and surgery for shelter animals, community clients with animal health education, rabies vaccination clinics, micro-chipping and low cost spay/neuter options to the local rescue groups and low income individuals.
Staff:
Shelter Director: Richard Molinari - Email
Animal Shelter Supervisor: Amy Campbell - Email
Adoption Coordinator: Lisa Penry - Email
Policies
- Mendocino County Volunteer Policy
Useful Links
- EvacuateMyPet.com
- Petfinder.com
- Petharbor.com
- Humane Society for Inland Mendocino County
- Mendocino Coast Humane Society
- Redwood Coast Humane Society
- Anderson Valley Animal Rescue
- BONES Pet Rescue (Covelo)
- MILO Foundation
- SAFER Equine Rescue
Unincorporated Areas
Please Note:
Animal Control in unincorporated areas of Mendocino County is handled by the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.
Field Service calls outside of Ukiah or Fort Bragg city limits including loose dogs, barking dogs, humane complaints or animal bites should be called into the Sheriff's Dispatch at 707-463-4086.
For Field Service calls in Ukiah please call the Ukiah Police Department at 707-463-6262.
For Field Service calls in Fort Bragg please call the Fort Bragg Police Department at 707-964-0200.
Source: https://www.mendocinocounty.org/government/animal-care-services
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