King County Animal Care and Control expands access to adoptable pets in Kent

Later hours and new weekend access for animal shelter

Beginning June 29, people looking to adopt new pet or retrieve a lost one will soon have even more opportunities to search the King County Animal shelter in Kent. The shelter will now be open to the public seven days a week, with expanded evening hours during the week and a full day of service on Sundays for the first time. The changes will make access to shelter services much more convenient, and hopefully, increase the number of animals being adopted into loving homes.

Summer is one of the busiest times for King County Animal Care and Control with dozens of cats, dogs and even rabbits awaiting adoption and others awaiting pickup by their owners.

The new Kent Animal Shelter public hours are:

Mondays, 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Tuesdays through Fridays, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

“Our new expanded hours will make it more convenient for people to see potential pets in our shelters and use our services in the evenings and on weekends when they have more time,” says Acting Manager Al Dams. “The King County Animal Control Officer’s Guild worked with me to make the time changes possible because we’re all committed to getting every adoptable pet that comes through our doors into a loving home.”

King County Animal Care and Control is also considering expanding the public hours at its Crossroad Shelter in Bellevue.

Visit www.kingcounty.gov/pets for more information on the King County Animal Care and Control programs and services.

King County Animal Care and Control’s service area includes unincorporated King County and 36 cities within King County. The agency has been promoting responsible pet ownership and providing animal related services to both people and animals for over 36 years.