Vance County Animal Shelter

Adopting a friend

Our Featured Pet

"Emma"

The animal shelter is open from 1:00-4:30 Monday, 10:00-2:00 Thursday, and 9:30-noon Saturday. Adoptions and Rabies vaccinations are available during those times. The cost of a Rabies vaccination is $5 for cats and dogs. Dogs are required to have a county tax tag. These are also available for $2.

Adoption fees for dogs are $36 for males and $43 for females. Adoption fees for cats are $26 for males and $33 for females. The shelter does not accept credit cards. The shelter only accepts cash. This fee includes a certificate for spay/neutering at a local vet (this covers the surgery - vet office visits are not included). All animals adopted from the shelter are required to be spayed or neutered after adoption - within 6 months. Note that when you are working with the shelter to identify animals, use the names posted on PetFinder and Pet ID numbers listed. Also note that the number of pets on the list at any given time does not reflect the number of animals at the shelter. The ones on the list have passed the date we are required to keep them for owner retrieval, or have been surrendered by their owners and are considered by us to be adoptable. And there are always many more pets available for adoption than we have time to list.

Directions

The Vance County Animal Shelter is located in Henderson, North Carolina. It is about 40 minutes from Durham, NC and about 2 hours from Richmond, VA, off I-85. From I-85 at Henderson, take the Ruin Creek Road Exit. Turn right if coming from the south; left if from the north - unto Ruin Creek Rd. Go to the third stop light and turn right on US 158 Business. Go to the next stop light and turn left onto Vance Academy Road. The Animal Shelter is the second building on the left. (Tan with burgandy shutters and trim.) From Raleigh, take US 1 North to Business US Hwy 1 at Henderson. Turn left onto Raleigh Road. Take a left to Dabney Dr. Ext. (Burger King will be on your right) Then left onto Oxford Rd. (Hardees will be on the corner.)Go several miles. Turn left onto Vance Academy Road. We're the second building on left.

Vance County Animal Shelter
165 Vance Academy Rd.
Henderson NC 27537
Contact Phone: 252-492-3136
Email: vancepets@hotmail.com
Click here for a list of pets at this shelter

Our dogs love to sleep on Kuranda Dog beds, but we don't have enough for everyone.If you would like to donate a bed at a special wholesale price for a another dog to sleep in comfort, please click here. Map to our shelter

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