Animal Services
The new facility is located two doors down, approximately 100 yards east, from the old shelter.
The new address is 865 Oklahoma Ave
Main Office phone: (805) 781-4400
Daily Found Animal Recording phone: (805) 781-4407
Dog Licensing phone: (805) 781-4400
About Us
The Animal Services Division is responsible for providing animal care and control services throughout the County of San Luis Obispo and within each of the seven incorporated communities. Animal Services staff serve the community by helping to identify solutions to animal related problems, enforcing local ordinances and state laws relating to animals, providing humane education programs, and performing rabies control and surveillance. The Division also operates the only open-intake animal shelter in the county.
Mission Statement
The mission of the County of San Luis Obispo Animal Services Division is to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the domestic animals and the people we serve through public education, enforcement of applicable laws, and the humane care and rehoming of impounded and sheltered animals.
Services
Aggressive and Dangerous Animal Response
Animal Bites, Quarantines, and Rabies Control
Animal Welfare and Abuse Investigations
Assistance Animal Identification Tags
Commercial Animal Operation Permits
Nuisance Animal Investigations