Animal Services
About the Animal Service Center
Hours of Operation:
Tuesday - Friday: 10:30am - 6:30pm
Saturday: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday: 1:00 - 5:00pm
**Kennels close 30 minutes before ASC closes**
We're closed on Monday.
Services Offered at the Tallahassee-Leon Community Animal Service Center
- Investigates reports of animal cruelty
- Enforces animal control regulations
- Responds to complaints about dangerous or nuisance animals
- Rescues animals in distress
- Provides humane care for 10,000 animals impounded by Tallahassee and Leon County animal control officers each year
- Provides microchip ID for pets adopted from the center
- Helps people find lost pets
- Seeks homes for stray animals
- Humanely euthanizes animals that cannot be adopted
- Coordinates foster homes, as resources allow, for some adoptable pets
- Provides humane euthanasia, at an owner's request, for terminally ill pets
- Educates the public about responsible pet ownership
Mission:
The Tallahassee-Leon Community Animal Service Center (TLCASC) ensures public safety and the welfare of animals by enforcing animal control regulations and by providing a secure, healthy environment for animals in its care.
Vision:
The Tallahassee-Leon Community Animal Service Center seeks to enhance and enrich the community by providing the best animal-care facility and services in the nation.
Organizational Goals:
- Increase Adoptions
- Decrease Euthanasia
- Expand Educational Opportunities
- Increase Spay and Neutering
- Move towards becoming a world-class facility