Animal Control and Adoption is a City department tasked with helping people and pets by working to eliminate the problems created by free roaming animals. Good neighbors and responsible pet owners properly confine their pets. Free roaming pets will eventually: 

• be killed or injured by a car

• be attacked by other free roaming animals

• contract and/or spread diseases

• be abused

• become a traffic hazard

• contribute to the pet overpopulation problem

• bite someone

• be a nuisance to your neighbors

• if lucky, be taken to the animal shelter

Keep your pets at home...they will LIVE to love you for it!

City ordinance requires all dog owners to register their pets with the Animal Rescue and Assistance division. Upon proof of your dog's current rabies vaccination, a city license tag will be issued. Dogs must wear their city license tag at all times. License tags are also available for cats, but are not required by law. Yearly tags cost $10.00. Remember:
A city license tag is a phone call home for a pet away from home!
Pets picked up wearing a city license tag are held longer at the shelter, and the owner is alerted through the most recent address and telephone number available.

Texas State law and Pasadena City codes mandate that all dogs and cats receive annual rabies vaccinations. Pet ownership is limited to two dogs and two cats per household.

Animal Rescue and Assistance will continue to take emergency calls at any time of the day or night.  Emergency calls are animal to human bite cases, injured animals, dead animals that are a traffic hazard or loose livestock in a street.

The Shelter is located at 5150 Burke, and they can be reached by phone at 281-991-0602 or by email. You can also now see adoptable cats and dogs online.  Check our Facebook page to to view loving companion animals online that are at our City shelter right now. We are also proud of our affiliation with Pets and People Alliance, a local non-profit that helps to fund worthwhile humane projects at the City shelter and among other area service organizations.

If you need assistance to help your pet with medical care expenses, or other quality of life issues, there are informational and financial resources available that may be provided. Please view or download this fact sheet  listing organizations whose mission is to assist in such circumstances. Please note: These contacts are provided as a courtesy to those searching for help. The City of Pasadena does not offer these resources, nor has it verified each listed organization for suitability in your particular situation. Your due diligence is required.

Are you thinking about adopting a pet?

Adopting a pet is a big decision -- here are ten tips to keep in mind before bringing Fluffy home. You may also look over and download adoption applications here.

And once you've made the decision to care for a pet, be a responsible pet owner. Make sure your new pet's rabies shots are kept up-to-date, as well as providing other care as recommended by your veterinarian. And by all means, take the time to get your pet licensed (see information above the table).. It's the law in Pasadena, and you greatly increase your pet's chances of being returned to you if they carry clearly marked tags at all times, just in case they stray accidentally.