The Animal Services Department is responsible for Animal Control and Animal Sheltering activities within Orange County.
What's New!?!
The Animal Services Center will be closed Monday, May 28th for Memorial Day. Our after hours animal drop off will remain open and be checked frequently throughout the day. For Animal Control emergencies, including animal bites to humans and potential rabies exposures, call 911 to be connected to our on-call Animal Control Officer.
Our new AnimalCam is up!! Watch our featured pet room live 24 hours a day!
Web Licensing is now available for all Annual Pet License renewals and new registrations. Visit our licensing page to license your pet online!
New! We can now accept donations online! Visit the donations link and make a secure donation via the web to either our general care or our spay/neuter fund! We also have direct orders available for some of our most needed supply items!
Upcoming Events
Open House
Join us Saturday, June 2nd for our 3rd annual Open House from 12 - 4 p.m. Free food, Birds of Prey with CLAWS, Inc., facility tours, animal organizations, on-site spay/neuter surgeries, POP-NC tours and more!
Visit us on Facebook to find more events and adoptable animals!
Press
- Chapel Hill News story on our award-winning Spay/Neuter program, and an editorial piece by their editor on the importance of Spay/Neuter!
- Column from Animal Services Director about cat enrichment activities
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Chapel Hill News- Spay/Neuter Program helps end unnecessary euthanasia
- Orange County Animal Services receives Outstanding Program Award for Spay/Neuter program
- Chapel Hill Herald story about Spay/Neuter program
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Herald Sun News Story for Orange County's 4th positive Rabies result for 2011
- News of Orange story on low-cost rabies vaccination clinics