Houston, TX
A public animal shelter in Houston, Texas, taking in homeless cats and dogs and placing them in adoptive homes. Visiting hours: Tue-Sun 12pm-5pm, closed Monday, no appointment needed. Adoption fees: Cats: $20; kittens (4 months and under): $35. Animals in shelter 20+ days (PurrFurred Pets program): $20 for cats. Includes spay/neuter, dewormer, age-appropriate and rabies vaccinations, flea prevention, microchip, and a 1-year City of Houston registration.
Cats: $20; kittens (4 months and under): $35. Animals in shelter 20+ days (PurrFurred Pets program): $20 for cats. Includes spay/neuter, dewormer, age-appropriate and rabies vaccinations, flea prevention, microchip, and a 1-year City of Houston registration.
Visit during opening hours to meet available cats, or contact BARC Animal Shelter (City of Houston) at barcfoster@houstontx.gov 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.
Cats are $20; kittens (4 months and under) are $35. Animals in the shelter 20+ days are $20 for cats under the PurrFurred Pets program. Includes spay/neuter, dewormer, vaccinations, flea prevention, microchip, and a 1-year City of Houston registration.
Tuesday-Sunday 12pm-5pm, closed Monday, no appointment needed.
Contact BARC Animal Shelter (City of Houston) at barcfoster@houstontx.gov to ask about surrendering a cat. Intake policies change with shelter capacity, so check before bringing an animal in.
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