EVACC is an open-intake shelter serving the city of Evansville and Vanderburgh County and whose responsibility is to ensure public and pet safety through a variety of services. This includes investigation, enforcement, and citations for violation of city and county animal control ordinances. The agency also provides stray animal capture and care, deceased animal removal, and quarantine of bite case animals per Indiana code. Additionally, the shelter offers lost and found services new pet adoptions. Per year, it shelters approximately 5,000 dogs, cats, and other animals with a staff of 7 animal control officers and 3 administrative personnel. Evansville-Vanderburgh Animal Care and Control is dedicated to providing integrated animal service programs built on public safety and awareness, promotion of responsible pet adoption and ownership, and enforcement of the City-County animal control ordinances.