Memphis Animal Services, or "Animal Shelter", provides animal services to the City of Memphis and Shelby County. Although primarily a municipal animal care and control department for the City of Memphis, the service center (shelter) does provide for housing and other related animal services for animals from Shelby County.
Contrary to the "limited admission" philosophies of some shelters for companion animals, MAS has an open door policy. They turn away no animal, regardless of health, temperament, age or condition. Unfortunately, this does not enable them to place every animal in a new home. In reality of course, not all of the animals they take in are good candidates for placement. The sad fact remains however, that many otherwise healthy animals never get adopted because there aren't enough families who want them. So, please consider adopting your new pet!