Athens-Clarke County Animal Services

Danii Slayy 9 months ago

Don’t go here. If you have a disgruntled partner they can easily take your pet and surrender them there and they won’t do anything to verify that you actually want to surrender your animal. They do not any type of due diligence. Athens Clarke animal policy are ridiculous and you no right to fight to get your own animal back. I have lost my son forever. I always wanted a cat that would love me the way he did.

C. Williams Edited 9 months ago

My daughter and I had to make the painful decision to surrender our dog. My job takes me out of the state and my daughter just started at UGA. Although she attempted to balance her school work with caring for her dog in the dorm, campus rules made it difficult. As a result, we made it our goal to find a no-kill shelter... We were not aware that this shelter was still "working" towards this status. Mind you, we disclosed that our dog will bite when agitated, or if her personal space is breached when she's resting/tired. When my daughter dropped off Roxy, she was told by a member of the staff, "we love all dogs, we accept all dogs." A lady named Carlie, or a similar name, said they make every effort not to euthanize.. This includes sending dogs with behavioral issues to other shelters or rescues before they would let something that extreme happen. My daughter felt secure with this answer. Also, her initial impression was that the people she met seemed to genuinely love animals. My daughter called them frequently to check the status of Roxy. She bought additional supplies to the shelter as well. One day, she was told that our dog had been quarantined because she bit a member(s) o

Samantha Turner 2 years ago

Got a dog there 2 weeks ago she was really skinny as soon as we got her home we noticed she was sick she was doing #2 more than she ate. Called the next day they said she was up to date with all her shots. Come to find out the dog had Pavo, and they basically blamed us for the dog having Paro said that it was our fault and that she was too skinny. We had to surrender her back because we couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her and our other dog got sick will come to find out. They gave us a dog with Pavo and told us that it was our fault that she had because no dogs had until after she left, and that she was skinnier than when we got her when she was skin and bone when we got her, we called numerous times trying to figure out what was wrong that they gave us a sick dog and come to find out they told us today that she had Pavo, and that it was our fault that she had Pavo that she was up-to-date with all her shots and blah blah blah. That’s not the fact Please make them check before you adopt a dog from there to make sure that they don’t have Pavo because there was other dogs there that had Pavo and this dog was amazing. We wish we could get her back. They basically said we could

Joell Shields Edited 2 years ago

Adopted a dog called “classy” here at the shelter as I was going back up to fort Bragg. She is the most well behaved baby ever and she knows so many tricks and is so gentle with kids and doesn’t bark. Also potty trained and crate trained I don’t think they knew any of that . She was the most shy dog in the shelter but as soon as we put her in the car her mood completely changed so thankful. ❤️ will go back here again to adopt a baby . UPDATE: classy is doing amazing and has adjusted so well with our family and we both have gotten so attached to each other. Her favorite things are car rides, peanut butter filled hooves, my bed and hills special diet food (she’s very picky).

Tosha Tillett Edited 3 years ago

Animal control always has such negative reviews, I wasnt expecting a great experience. I knew I wanted an older cat, and they recommended "Ric Flair", a 3 year old cat. They gave me as much as time as I wanted to play with him and see how we connected, and ultimately I found my best friend that weekend. They answered every question I had in such a non- condescending way and I really appreciated not being rushed. Was a great adoption and would definitely consider adopting from here again. Update: I adopted another cat last year. Another FIV+ cat, another easy adoption. I love visiting and the staff is always friendly even at their busiest.