Humane Pennsylvania provides no animal control services.

If you require assistance with a found stray creature, please contact your municipality to determine who performs beast command in your area. Working with the local, designated animal control agency is the best manner to get a devious pet home!

Beneath is an outline of the surrender process and associated fees for devious animals. Credence of any animals, including strays, cannot be guaranteed and is past appointment only.

The Lancaster Heart for Fauna Life-Saving (Lancaster, PA)

  • An appointment must be made with the Lancaster Centre in social club to surrender a stray animal.
  • A donation of $25 is suggested at the time of drop-off to aid offset the price of care for each animal.
  • Mom and nursing kittens or puppies: $50 donation suggested
  • Litter of weaned kittens of puppies: $25 donation suggested

The Freedom Center for Animate being Life-Saving (Reading, PA)

  • An

    appointment must be made

    with the Freedom Center in order to surrender a stray animal.

  • A donation of $25 is suggested at the fourth dimension of drib-off to help offset the price of care for each animal.

  • Mom and nursing kittens or puppies: $50 donation suggested

  • Litter of weaned kittens of puppies: $25 donation suggested

OUT OF COUNTY Devious Give up POLICY

If accepted for intake, a mandatory $50 fee volition employ to each animal brought to a Humane Pennsylvania shelter from outside Berks or Lancaster Canton.

LOST & FOUND PETS

To report a lost or establish pet, submit the information online by clicking here, or call the Liberty Center for Animate being Life-Saving at 610-921-2348 or the Lancaster Center for Animal Life-Saving at 717-393-6551.

DOG LICENSING

License your dog at present! It'southward the law and it may save your pet's life.

View information and download Pennsylvania dog license applications.

FERAL & FREE-ROAMING CATS

What are feral cats?

Feral cats are non socialized to people. While they are socialized to their colony members and bonded to each other, they exercise non have that same relationship with people.

What are free-roaming cats?

Free-roaming cats may be feral cats, but they are oftentimes semi or fully socialized cats which alive predominantly or exclusively outdoors. Often a true cat may be cared for by multiple families in a neighborhood. While gratuitous-roaming cats are not "house cats" in the traditional sense, they are non exactly "lost" strays either. Taking them to a shelter is ofttimes removing them from an established local caregiver or network of caregivers.

Why feral and complimentary-roaming cats are not meant to be in shelters:

Feral cats are under socialized and not able to exist easily handled. A feral cat is an adult cat who has either never had any contact with humans or their contact with humans has diminished over time. They are fearful of people and survives on their own outdoors. A feral cat is not likely to e'er become a lap cat or relish living indoors. Unfortunately, because feral cats do not allow themselves to be handled, they face very limited re-homing options. As issue, feral cats are likely to be euthanized if picked up past animal command or brought to shelters. Therefore, information technology is in the cat's best interest to continue to live outdoors.

Humane Pennsylvania strongly encourages all cats to exist indoor cats, but nosotros know that this is not always possible. Free-roaming cats are often fully socialized but they do non always transition well to being firm cats. They also may non acclimate well to shelters and may pose a safety risk in shelters, leading to an increased likelihood of euthanasia. While not platonic, free-roaming cats tin and do lead long, happy, and healthy lives outside of a traditional domicile setting.

However, both feral and complimentary-roaming cats should be sterilized, vaccinated, and microchipped for their safe (and the community'southward condom), and should exist provided with secure, warm shelter and food. Humane Pennsylvania offers extensive Feral & Costless-Roaming Cat Solutions and a wide diverseness of support for those interested in supporting their community's feral and free-roaming cats.

For more than information about Humane Pennsylvania'due south Feral & Free-Roaming Cat Solutions program, click hither.

Additional Lancaster County Resources:

Helping Hands for Animals

Additional Berks County Resources:

No Nonsense Neutering

Alley Cat Allies is another great resource!