

If you have a dog, a dog-to-dog "meet and greet" is required.All household members must meet the animals you are interested in to ensure a correct match.Consult with one of our adoption staff members prior to meeting animals for a history of the animal.Please complete the Adoption Application and provide two non-related personal references and a veterinary reference if you have previously owned pets.Also, an appointment is no longer required to meet our dogs and cats in our meet-and-greet area! Please come in and visit us, and find your new forever family member! You no longer need an appointment to visit the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter during regular business hours.

The adoption fee for dogs and cats is $25.All adopted pets will be spayed or neutered, will receive required inoculations, and will be microchipped. Adoption InformationĬome tour the Animal Shelter, meet a dog or cat, and bring the love of a pet into your home. Please contact the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation for information about controlling nuisance wildlife (ie. After hours, please contact the Department of Public Safety at 51. To request Animal Control services, contact the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter at 51. View the Notice to Bidders.Īnimal Control officers respond to reports of loose or stray dogs and injured or sick cats. It was right under my nose, and I truly had no idea until I saw it all first hand.Īs our film team captured the action on the streets while the surveys occurred, I began to see the greater powers at work, keeping cities like Houston and Detroit from providing a higher quality of service to the animals and people in their communities.The Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter is seeking bids for an Animal Behavior Consultant. The idea that a million dogs are killed specifically due to space issues in American shelters, for being homeless temporarily, was so very striking to me. The canine survey allowed our teams to have purpose at the front lines of the independent dog rescue community, and to capture the raw elements that go into whether a city will be successful handling their community’s domestic animal issues. Volunteer surveys have been deployed in many cities in Michigan, Texas, and the gulf region of the south. The American Strays Canine Survey was created, enabling volunteers to understand where the focal points of the problems are. I have hundreds of hours of the most compelling dog rescue footage and interviews with stakeholders all across the globe. For the past 10 years I have been trying to get my head around telling a story with too many mostly opaque layers the story of abandoned, stray, homeless dogs on American streets and in shelters, and the very rough existence they endure before a million are killed wantonly every year.
