The municipal shelter for the City and Borough of Sitka, up the hill from the Post Office on Sawmill Creek Road. It houses dogs and cats and has isolation kennels for sick or quarantined animals. Adoptions are coordinated with the volunteer group Friends of Sitka Animal Shelter.
Call (907) 966-5768 for current adoption fees.
Call the Animal Control Officer to schedule an appointment to meet the available cats. Adoptions are coordinated with Friends of Sitka Animal Shelter, which also provides a Welcome Home Adoption Kit.
Estimated by applying the AVMA's 2024 national cat-ownership rate (32.1% of households) to the county's real household count from the Census Bureau — a national rate applied locally, not a local survey. Population and housing figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
No. The shelter runs by appointment only. Call the Animal Control Officer at (907) 966-5768 to arrange a visit.
At 209 Jarvis Street, up the hill from the Post Office on Sawmill Creek Road.
The city runs the shelter, and the volunteer group Friends of Sitka Animal Shelter coordinates adoptions and sends each adopter home with a Welcome Home Adoption Kit.
Contact Sitka Animal Control at (907) 966-5768 to ask about surrendering an animal.
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