City of West Des Moines Animal Control
Our Featured Pet...
This month our featured pet is DD. We have had DD for a while now. She has had some people come and look at her, but for whatever reason was kind of standoffish! Not sure why unless she just loves the shelter!! Geez I hope not! Anyway even though DD is an adult, probably a year to 2 years old, she LOVES to play! Anytime I bring in a new gadget for the cats, she is all over it! She also gets along with the dogs and has even played with some. She will cuddle and loves to have her belly rubbed. If you think you can give DD her forever home, please call 222.3364 and set up a time to come and see her!
News
Thank you for visiting our website! Since we have been on Petfinder, we have found so many loving homes for our animals! It is people out there like you who contribute to saving an animal's life one at a time!
We have had several inquires about donations. We do take donations and love to receive them especially since we are on a limited budget. However, we have recently discovered "our" fund does not have the easy access we thought and apparently a lot of questions have to be answered in order to use those funds, so to streamline things for both you and our shelter, if you want to send cash, please send it to Heartland Animal Hospital in c/o of West Des Moines Animal Control. Otherwise we always love to get supplies and to make it even easier, you can always drop supplies off to the West Des Moines Police Department anytime. There address is 250 GM Civic Pkwy. All I ask is that you leave your name and address as we always send out personal thank yous!
Supplies that are always in demand:
Tidy Cat litter
Soft cat or dog food as that is a treat for them!
Hard cat and dog food
Blankets/towels
Who We Are
We are West Des Moines Animal Control. We deal with all sorts of animal issues within West Des Moines, Ia., and we do limited coverage for Clive, Ia.
These issues can include anything from dogs running loose, barking dogs, animal bites, feral cats, and even wildlife are things we take care of in our city. Last but not least of course are the strays we take into our shelter. Whether lost or abandoned, we feed them, care for them and provide them with a temporary home until we can find them a permanent home!
Adopting a friend
Since we are an Animal Control Unit, we are responsible for handling everything! Therefore we ask that you either e-mail us, or better yet, call our office and leave your name and a phone number we can contact you. We will return your call as soon as we can. At that point, one of our officers will get some basic information and set up a time to meet at our shelter. Since it is an unmanned shelter, we ask that when setting up an appointment time, that you try to be as prompt as possible! We may be small, but we will be as thorough as possible when trying to place our pets. That will include vet references and even possibly home visits. They are like family and for whatever reason (generally not good ones I am sure) they have found their way to us, and we want to make sure their next place is permanent!
We also have recently changed up our coverage hours. We would prefer that you set up appointment times during the week Monday through Friday from 8am to 8pm. The weekends have been turned over our part timer. If you cannot come anytime except the weekend, arrangements could possibly be made in advance, but it would depend on circumstances.
Come Visit Us!
We are located at 14th and Maple in West Des Moines. We are in the City of West Des Moines complex between Holiday Park, and the fire station at the corner of 14th and Railroad. More indepth directions will be given if needed when an appointment is set up. We are looking forward to seeing you there!
City of West Des Moines
250 GM Civic Pkwy.
West Des Moines, IA 50265
Phone: 515-222-3364
Email:
gabe250@hotmail.com
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