Livingston County Animal Shelter
Livingston County
Animal Shelter

418 S. Highlander Way
Howell, MI 48843
Map to our location
Shelter and Administration Phone: 517.546.2154
Fax: 517.546.0232

Non-emergency Complaints - 517.546.9111
Emergencies - 911

Closed for Lunch weekdays: 1-1:30 pm

Animal Viewing Hours:
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri
11 am-1 pm., 1:30-5 pm.
Wednesday:
11 am-1 pm, 1:30-7 pm
Saturday:
10 am - 3 pm

All Other Business:
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri:
8 am-1 pm, 1:30-5 pm
Wednesday:
8 am-1 pm, 1:30-7 pm

Livingston County Animal Shelter

Important News Regarding the Animal Shelter - Please Read!

Shelter Hour changes:

Closed Weekdays from 1 - 1:30 pm for Lunch.
Animal Viewing Hours:
All Other Business:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
11 a.m. - 1 p.m., 1:30-5 p.m.
Wednesday
11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,Friday:
8 a.m.-1 p.m., 1:30-5 p.m.
Wednesday
8 a.m.-1 p.m., 1:30-7 p.m.
*A face covering is required to enter LCAS

We highly encourage you to purchase your dog license online at: https://www.livgov.com/treasurer/Pages/Dog-Licenses.aspx

Please call (517) 546-2154, press "0" if you have any questions or would like a staff member to meet you in the parking lot. 

Welcome to the Livingston County Animal Shelter!  We provide rescue and humane care to protect the health, safety and welfare of animals and people in Livingston County and enforce state laws that pertain to domestic animals.  We currently rescue and assure safe, temporary shelter, veterinary care for approximately 2,200 stray, unwanted, abandoned, neglected and injured animals each year.  We’re your community shelter and we’d love to have you visit us or join us as a volunteer!  Please take a look at our adoptable pets from the below links.  Once a pet is adopted, it automatically disappears from our web site.  If you are unsure, please call.

 Animal Control Duties Have Moved to the Sheriff's Office
Animal Control duties moved to the Sheriff's Office in 2018, please visit their site for more information!

Other Species

Stray Animals

Lost and Found

Stray Section: Strays are pets that the public or an officer have picked up from within Livingston County and brought into the shelter. All strays will be held for a minimum of 4 days with no identification and 7 days with identification.

Lost and Found Section: The public can post pets they have lost or found. Lost pets appear at the top of the page, Found pets are at the bottom. Please call the shelter with updates so your post can be updated or deleted.

Found a dog with a license?  Search for the dog owner.

If you have lost a pet, check the Stray AND Lost and Found pages daily.
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All of our adoptable pets are also on Petfinder.com  and Adopt-a-Pet!