Friends of Pinal Pets 501c3
Friends of Pinal County Animal Shelter and Rescues has changed their name to, Friends of Pinal Pets, Inc.
It's a shorter name, with an expanded focus!
The new name reflects an added mission, preventing pets from even entering a shelter. Pinal County Animal Care and Control (PCACC), located near Casa Grande, is running at or above 150% of capacity. There are simply more dogs and cats needing homes than ever!
Processes that will prevent dogs and cats from even entering a shelter is an immediate and a long-term goal to address the overcrowding. Placing more animals in a facility not designed for the current demand PCACC is seeing, creates issues with staffing, volunteer efforts and daily management of a safe housing place for animals.
An overcrowded shelter environment can be detrimental to the behavioral health of some pets, making adoptions challenging.
Friends of Pinal Pets will focus on creating and funding processes, such as assistance with spay/neuter programs, that will ultimately reduce the number of dogs and cats needing temporary shelter. The non-profit organization will also pursue additional methods, focused on preventing animals from coming into the shelter.
The volunteer-run Friends of Pinal Pets will continue with their original goals as well. A primary goal is financial support for shelter dogs and cats that have medical needs beyond the financial resources of the county shelter, as well as funding medical equipment and services at the PCACC facility. The groups second goal is to provide resource support to local animal rescue groups working with PCACC.
Foster/Adopt
PCACC
PCACC always has plenty of animals requiring fostering and/or adoption. Click on the button below to go to 24PetConnect.com to check out the current animals looking for their forever homes. Click on "Filter" and then use zip code 85194 to see the animals at PCACC.
Found a dog or cat? The Pinal Shelter is full and could use your help to prevent additional overcrowding. Please check with your neighbors and on local community social media pages to report finding the animal or see if the owner has posted. You can also check with your local vet clinic to get the found animal scanned for a microchip. If none of that works, please click on the link below for more information.
Need to surrender your cat or dog?
You can now register your pet with Pinal County online. Just click on the button below.
The PCACC facebook page also provides regular updates on available animals or short-notice assistance requests.
Other Organizations We Support
San Tan Valley
Animal Rescue
Once you've found an animal to rescue, just click on Meet and Greet below to arrange a meeting at PCACC.
Have you lost your pet? Click on the button below to see if your loved one has been found or to report your lost pet.
Need to Rehome Your Pet?
Home to Home works to keep animals out of shelters through direct home placement.
