Columbia, MD
A municipal animal control shelter in Columbia, Maryland, taking in homeless cats and dogs and placing them in adoptive homes. It serves Howard County, Maryland. Visiting hours: Tue-Sat 10am-4pm; closed Sunday and Monday. Closes at 3pm on the last Friday of the month for a staff meeting. Adoption fees: Fee amounts are not published. All dogs, cats, and rabbits are spayed or neutered before adoption and receive all age-appropriate vaccines. Fees may be waived for veterans.
Fee amounts are not published. All dogs, cats, and rabbits are spayed or neutered before adoption and receive all age-appropriate vaccines. Fees may be waived for veterans.
Visit during opening hours to meet available cats, or contact Howard County Animal Control and Adoption Center through https://www.howardcountymd.gov/police/animal-control first to check which cats are currently available.
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.
Fee amounts are not published. All dogs, cats, and rabbits are spayed or neutered before adoption and receive age-appropriate vaccines. Fees may be waived for veterans.
Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm, closed Sunday and Monday. Closes at 3pm on the last Friday of the month for a staff meeting.
Contact Howard County Animal Control and Adoption Center through https://www.howardcountymd.gov/police/animal-control to ask about surrendering a cat. Intake policies change with shelter capacity, so check before bringing an animal in.
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