Animal Services
We encourage the public to use our online services or to call us for assistance whenever possible, only coming to the shelter in person if absolutely necessary. We offer the following services online: Licensing a new dog, renewing a license, reporting a lost or found animal and viewing stray animals located at the shelter.
Please click the COVID-19 & Pets link below for details on service impacts for Washington County Animal Services and the Bonnie Hays Animal Shelter as well as useful information for pet owners.
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Washington County Animal Services, located at the Bonnie L. Hays Small Animal Shelter, cares for lost animals, finds homes for abandoned pets, licenses dogs, enforces animal cruelty laws and protects our citizens from dangerous animals. Last year, we provided care for stray and injured animals in our shelter, responded to more than 7,000 citizen calls, answered over 50,000 phone calls from community members and maintained some of the highest return-to-owner rates in the country! We worked with our animal welfare partners to place animals in new homes with fantastic success and many happy placement stories.
Washington County is the second largest county in Oregon with a population of more than 601,500 people. We provide services for an estimated 145,000 dogs and 115,000 cats and their owners in an area that encompasses 727 square miles.
Fax: 503-846-7074
SHELTER HOURS
Business and Pet Lost & Found Hours:
9:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat
12-5:00 p.m. Weds
Pet Adoption Hours: Suspended until further notice, but all of our available animals are being transferred to our shelter partners to find great new homes!
VISION STATEMENT: A county that supports the health, well-being and safety of people and animals through education, compassion and respect.
MISSION STATEMENT: To provide a safe haven for animals in transition, protect animals from harm, and provide tools to the residents of our county to live safely, responsibly and respectfully with animals.
The animal shelter was named in memory of Bonnie Lynn Hays, a former Washington County commissioner and long-time supporter of animals.
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