The Animal Welfare Division is responsible for promoting public health and safety, for temporarily sheltering and providing humane disposition of unwanted or lost animals, and for promoting animal welfare so that pet ownership is a pleasure for owners without becoming a burden to the community.
Oklahoma City Animal Shelter is open for adopting or reclaiming pets from noon to 5:45 p.m. every day except holidays, and on the third Wednesday of every month when the Shelter opens for those purposes at 2 p.m. The shelter is located at SE 29 & Bryant, 1.5 miles east of I-35.
A portion of the shelter's adoption fees underwrite the cost of the City's Community Spay/Neuter Project. The project pays to sterilize dogs and cats belonging to residents of Oklahoma City in an effort to save lives and reduce shelter intake over time.