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Animal Shelter

LANCASTER COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER is a separate department from ANIMAL CONTROL. If you have information concerning strays, unrestrained or dangerous animals, please contact Animal Control at the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Department at 803-283-3388, (Option 4).

The primary function of the Lancaster County Animal Shelter is to house and care for stray and surrendered animals. If stray pets are not claimed after a 5-day stray hold, the animal becomes the property of Lancaster County and are offered to animal rescues and to the public for adoption. There is a reclaim fee if your animal is brought to the shelter. You DO NOT need to be a Lancaster County Resident in order to adopt from the shelter.

Before animals leave the shelter for adoption, they are spayed or neutered (NO EXCEPTIONS), given booster shots, a rabies shot, de-wormed and micro-chipped. Adoption fees cover the costs of these services. Our goal here at the shelter is to help the over-population on cats and dogs by spaying and neutering all of our animals before they leave our facility.

FACILITY LOCATION & HOURS

Lancaster SPCA

LSPCA is a nonprofit rescue group. They assist the shelter by pulling animals and providing foster-care to make room for more animals, arranging rescue and transport to northern rescues, providing medical care for critical-need animals, helping photograph and network the animals on social media, providing medicines and tools for the surgical suite to facilitate spay & neuter surgeries, and more.

Faulkner Animal Hospital

Our Preferred Veterinarian

739 Lancaster Bypass East
Lancaster, SC 29720

(803) 286-8131

LASS

Lancaster Animal Shelter Supporters of South Carolina

LASS is a South Carolina nonprofit group providing volunteers, fund-raisers and support of the Lancaster Animal Shelter. If you'd like to help, donate or volunteer, please visit the LASS website.