Pet Resources
LMAS strives to increase pet retention so that less pets become homeless shelter animals. If you are considering surrendering your pet, please explore your options first. There are a number of community resources to help you keep your pet.
LMAS accepts owner-surrendered pets through a process called managed intake, which requires an appointment to surrender your pet. This process is an effort to reduce euthanasia and increase the chance of a favorable outcome for the hundreds of stray and homeless animals in our care.
Surrendering your pet to an overcrowded shelter could result in a negative outcome for your pet or another pet in the shelter, so please exhaust all options before making the decision to do so. Understand that there are a lot of animals in our community that may need our help more than your own animal.
Please explore community pet resources before surrendering your pet...
- Behavioral Issues
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Kentucky Humane Society's Free Pet Help Line
Offers free, over-the-phone behavioral advice and referrals
Email: kyhumane.org/help
Website: [email protected]
(502) 509-4PET [4738]
Saving Sunny Pet Behavior Assistance
Offers in-home behavior support
Website: www.savingsunnyinc.org/
Email: [email protected]
ASPCA Website:
Suggestions, tips, and tricks for training and troubleshooting behavior issues in pets
- Medical Assistance
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Community Cat Help
Alley Cat Advocates
Provides referrals for community cats with illness or injuries
Website: alleycatadvocates.org
Email: [email protected]
(502) 634-8777
Spay/Neuter Help
KHS S.N.I.P Clinic
Discounted spay/neuter surgeries; free spay/neuter for Pit Bulls
Website: kyhumane.org/snip
Email: [email protected]
(502) 636-3491
*COVID-19 UPDATE: Due to the backlog in appointments, the S.N.I.P. Clinic is not taking new appointments until further notice. We encourage you to contact your full-service veterinarian to schedule a spay or neuter surgery for your pet. If you cannot afford veterinary care, please call our Pet Help Line at 502-509-4738. Assistance is limited, so you will need to speak with one of our Pet Resource Counselors to see if you qualify for assistance.
- Louisville Metro Animal Services
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Offers referrals to pets at risk of being surrendered to LMAS
Email: [email protected]
(502) 574-5546
- KHS Free Pet Help Line
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Offers referrals to local veterinary clinics
Website: kyhumane.org/help
Email: [email protected]
(502) 509-4738
- Pet Food Assistance
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No Kill Louisville Pet Food Bank
First and third Saturdays of the month, appointment only
3135 Commerce Center Place, 40211
Website: nokill-louisville.com
Email: [email protected]
(502) 536-8738d
Church of the Advent Pet Food Bank
Third Saturday of the month, 9-11 a.m.
901 Baxter Ave. 40204
(505) 451-6066
My Dog Eats First
Provides assistance to the homeless and needy
Website: mydogeatsfirst.org
Email: [email protected]
(502) 694-2746
- Other Resources
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Saving Sunny
Their monthly Community Dog Resource Center (CDRC) offers pet food, pet supplies (leashes, collars, nametags), medications, spay/neuter vouchers and transportation, and in-home behavior assistance as an alternative to surrendering your pet.
*The CDRC is open the last Saturday of every month from 11 am until supplies are gone
Beechmont Community Center, 205 W. Wellington Ave
Website: Savingsunnyinc.org
Shamrock Pet Foundation
Provides programs such as spay/neuter, public education and adoption events
Website: shamrockpets.com
(502) 585-3220
Woodstock Animal Foundation
Finds new homes for surrendered pets
Website: woodstockanimalfoundation.org
If after considerable effort, you’ve been unsuccessful in re-homing your pet, you can request to surrender your pet to Louisville Metro Animal Services by filling-out and submitting a Pet History form.
You can complete the Pet History form in-person at the LMAS Harshaw Family Foundation Animal Shelter, located at 3528 Newburg Rd., during business hour or online:
Click here for the Dog Pet History Formd
Click here for the Cat Pet History Form
Click here for the Non-Cat/Dog Pet History Form
Once LMAS has reviewed the pet history form, a staff member will contact the owner to discuss the best options for the animal. To contact the intake office, click here.
Owners who surrender a dog will be charged a $45 impoundment fee. For owners who surrender a cat, there will be a $35 impoundment fee.
There may be additional medical costs depending upon your animal's veterinary records. Any animal determined by LMAS to be stray, sick, injured or aggressive will be accepted immediately, without an appointment.
Receiving hours for stray, sick, injured or aggressive animals are from Noon to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The LMAS Harshaw Family Foundation Shelter is closed Sundays.
