The Animal Placement Specialist posts pictures and a short blurb of information about the animals in the shelter.  Behavior evaluation data is available upon request.   The shelter uses Facebook and Petfinder to post available animals.

Adopters provide their current contact information, a copy of their driver’s license (or other, valid photo ID), and must sign an adoption contract.  If the animal is not yet sterilized and is eligible to be sterilized an appointment is made for a contracted veterinarian of the of the adopter’s choosing.  When the adoption fee is paid the animal is then transported to the vet by staff for sterilization and rabies vaccination, and the adopter picks the animal up from the vet upon release by the veterinarian. 

Shelter reports can be found at http://baldwincountyal.gov/departments/animal-shelter.  Checks and balances are built into all shelter activities and the County, as a whole, is audited every year.

The Standard Operating Policies (SOP) for the shelter can be found at: http://baldwincountyal.gov/departments/animal-shelter.

If you find a stray domestic animal and are located within the jurisdiction of the county please call the shelter at 251-972-6834 but do not bring the animal to the shelter.  Even if you can keep the animal for a few days while searching for the owner yourself, it’s very important to contact the shelter as soon as you’ve found the animal.  You can also submit a stray pet report on the shelter website at https://baldwincountyal.gov/departments/animal-shelter/stray-animals.

If you are within city limits, please contact your local police department.  If you are within Baldwin County’s jurisdiction, please call the Sheriff’s office at 251-937-0202.

Please give the shelter a call to discuss your situation. 

You would need to call Wildlife & Fisheries at 251-626-5474.

Non domesticated animals include:

-Fox, Raccoons, Snakes, Armadillo's, Opossum, Squirrel   

No, Baldwin County does not have a leash law. The county follows Section 3-1-5.

Section 3-1-5

Permitting dogs to run at large; applicability of provisions of section in counties and certain cities or towns.

(a) Every person owning or having in charge any dog or dogs shall at all times confine such dog or dogs to the limits of his own premises or the premises on which such dog or dogs is or are regularly kept. Nothing in this section shall prevent the owner of any dog or dogs or other person or persons having such dog or dogs in his or their charge from allowing such dog or dogs to accompany such owner or other person or persons elsewhere than on the premises on which such dog or dogs is or are regularly kept. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $2.00 nor more than $50.00.

(b) This section shall not apply to the running at large of any dog or dogs within the corporate limits of any city or town in this state that requires a license tag to be kept on dogs nor shall this section apply in any county in this state until the same has been adopted by the county commission of such county.

(Acts 1915, No. 185, p. 259; Code 1923, §3221; Code 1940, T. 3, §5.)

Please direct to BC Animal Shelter at 251-972-6834.