Indigenous Holiday

Animal Care Services will be observing the Indigenous Holiday on Tuesday – October 10, 2023 due to the Animal Shelter being closed on Mondays.  The Animal Shelter will resume normal business operations and be open to the public on Wednesday – October 11, 2023 @ 09:30.

If you are looking for a lost animal from Sunday – October 8^th to Tuesday – October 10^th please go to the below link.  If you find your lost animal please the best way to contact us is either leave a message at 463-4427 option #3 or send us an email at maco@mendocinocounty.gov and a staff member will contact you during day time hours. 

Lost Animals

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Animal Care Services

High Occupancy in Dog Kennels

Update - the Animal Shelter as of today 9-27-2023 is almost full with dogs.  We are now making the public aware that euthanasia for space is a strong possibility due to the high occupancy in the dog kennels in the next several days.  Going forward if needed, the dogs facing euthanasia will be posted on the below euthanasia page.  If this occurs, we hope to be in a position to list these dogs for up to five days on the euthanasia page but can't guarantee that will happen based on the variables / request that we receive from the public about running at large stray dogs.  

Euthanasia Page

Animal Care Services is making a plea to animal owners to make sure that your animals have microchips, licenses or name tags on them in case they get out and are impounded.  Reconnecting the animal with the owner is much easier when this occurs.  We ask that animal owners check their fencing, gates to ensure all is in working order or make the necessary repairs that will prevent your animal from getting out. 

Unfortunately, we are not in a position to accept animals due to owners not reclaiming their impounded pets in a timely manner, impounding many animals over the last several days from the public and due to the poor economy that reduces the amount of pets that people now adopt, own and care for. 

We are needing owned dogs that have been recently impounded to be picked up as soon as possible, dog fosters that can assist us for possibly 1 to 2 weeks and potential dog adopters to go to the below link and view the adoptable dogs. 

If there is a dog or dogs you have interest in please fill out an online application and a staff member will contact you and make arrangements for you to see the dog(s). 

Thank you.

Animal Care Services

Adoptable Dogs

Online Adoption Application

Foster Application

The Animal Shelter wishes to thank the very generous donors who have purchased a Kuranda Bed for our shelter dogs. 

Kuranda Beds

Kuranda Bed Video

E-Mail:

• Shelter Director: Richard Molinari - Email
• Animal Shelter Supervisor: Amy Campbell - Email
• Adoption Coordinator: Lisa Penry - Email

Phone: 707-463-4427

When calling the phone number 707-463-4427, this number has staff present on the work days of Tuesday through Friday from 08:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 08:30 a.m. to 3:00 pm.m.  Please note that staff could be assisting other callers and please leave a message if your call goes to voice mail.  Staff will call you back as soon as possible.  

All calls for service received that come in overnight from the hours of 5:00 p.m. to 08:00 a.m. will be reviewed when staff comes on duty.  Please make sure to leave a good phone number for staff to call you when leaving your message. Staff will call you back the next morning. 

If you are calling Animal Care Services for animal related calls for service on our closed days of Sunday, Monday & Holidays please make sure to leave a good phone number for staff to call you when leaving your message.  Animal Protection Officers will be checking the voice messages routinely on these days and will call you back as soon as possible.   

If at anytime you have an animal related emergency please call the Sheriff Department Dispatch at 707-463-4086.  Dispatch will contact / forward the call information to the Animal Protection Officers.

For animal related calls for service in the City of Ukiah please call the Ukiah Police Department at 707-463-6262.

For animal related calls for service in the City of Fort Bragg please call the Fort Bragg Police Department at 707-964-0200.

In an effort to reduce human contact and keep all parties safe, Animal Care Services is encouraging dog owners that have to renew their dog license(s) to either mail in your renewal payment & proof of rabies if needed to the Animal Shelter at the below address or use the link below to the online animal license renewal website.

Dog License Renewal

Mailing Address:

Animal Care Services – 298 Plant Road, Ukiah, CA 95482

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Animal Care Services

Animal Care Services will require customers wanting to trap feral cat(s) to be placed on a waiting list.  Staff will contact customers on the waiting list to establish a time period of - (several days) to trap the cat(s) and bring them to the Animal Shelter. 

Please call 463-4427 to be placed on the waiting list. 

• Pet License Application
• Assistance Dog License Application
• Emergency Response Sign-up Form
• Volunteer Application
• NCO Volunteer Enrollment Form

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Animal Care Services

Animal Protection is getting a lot of complaints of free roaming dogs & livestock animals.  Please make sure to confine your animals to your property, check your fencing and advise other people that reside in the house the same.

Please note that impounded dogs that are not reclaimed in timely manner at this time are subject to being euthanized due to the high current dog population at the Animal Shelter.   

Livestock owners will be cited, impounded livestock animals will be placed on a hold and all fees will have to be paid prior to any livestock animal being released back to the owner.  Unclaimed livestock animals are subject to being euthanized due to the high associated boarding & feeding cost of having to keep them.

Animal Care Services gets a lot of phone calls and people that show up at the Animal Shelter asking us to take animals from Lake County.  Due to the people living/residing in Lake County we can't assist them.  

Please contact Lake County Animal Care & Control at the below link for animal related services.

Lake County Animal Care & Control

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Mendocino County Animal Care Services

• Mendocino County Volunteer Policy

The Animal Care Services (ACS) program areas include: Shelter Services providing; education outreach, adoption, vol­unteer opportunities, fostering, lost & found services, feral cat trap-neuter-release programs and licensing.
Additional services and community supports are available through Clinic Services providing; veterinary care and surgery for shelter animals, community clients with animal health education, rabies vaccination clinics, micro-chipping and low cost spay/neuter options to the local rescue groups and low income individuals.

• Adoptions
• Lost & Found Animals
• Online License Renewal
• Care-A-Van and Spay/Neuter Services
• Animal Care Services Fees
• We need Volunteer!  Join our team.
• Disaster Preparedness: Saving the Whole Family | En Español
• County Ordinances on Animal Care and Control

• EvacuateMyPet.com
• Petfinder.com
• Petharbor.com
• Humane Society for Inland Mendocino County
• Mendocino Coast Humane Society
• Redwood Coast Humane Society
• Anderson Valley Animal Rescue
• BONES Pet Rescue (Covelo)
• MILO Foundation
• SAFER Equine Rescue