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Please note that this site is maintained by volunteers. For the official Norfolk Animal Care Center website, please visit www.norfolk.gov/animals. |
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Please remember we love adoption updates, which are great testimonials to the wonderful shelter animals just waiting to brighten your lives! Please send photos and updates to Karen so we can share them. View "happy endings" here. Hours and LocationNorfolk Animal Management Center (NAMC) is located near the Janaf shopping district, and is easily accessible from Military Highway (turn at the Ruby Tuesday at Lowery Road) or Virginia Beach Blvd (turn at the Salvation Army building at Raby Road). Show me! Shelter hours are as follows: About NACCNorfolk Animal Care Center (NACC) is the City of Norfolk’s municipal animal control facility and is responsible for the care of stray, unwanted, sick, injured, and abandoned animals within the City. The shelter’s animal caretakers and volunteers are committed to adopting these animals into new permanent homes and to ending unnecessary euthanasia by ensuring that all animals are sterilized before adoption. We need you to help stop pet overpopulation in our city! Please consider visiting the wonderful animals in our shelter before buying from a pet store or a breeder. So many great animals are in need of a second chance! Adoption CriteriaThe following documents are needed to adopt an animal:
Adopting Your New Best FriendIf you are looking to add a four-legged friend to your family, here are a few things to help you understand the shelter’s policies: Animal Availability. Animals surrendered by their owner are available for adoption the day they arrive at the shelter. Stray animals found with no collar are held for 5 days before they may be adopted; stray animals found with a collar are held for 10 days before they may be adopted. During the hold period, up to three choices can be placed on the animal for adoption. On the day the animal becomes available, the adoption paperwork can be finalized. Please note that NAMC cannot put holds on animals and adoptions and choices can only be done by visiting the shelter in person. Learning About the Animals. Most of what is known about each animal can be found on the clipboard attached to the cage. Every animal has a cage card, which displays an 8-digit code that is unique to that animal and must be referenced when inquiring about the animal, placing your name as a choice and for adopting. The cage card will also include whether the animal was surrendered by owner (RBO), found as a stray, or perhaps seized from the owner. The animal’s sex, age, breed, weight and neuter status are also listed on the card. Unless the animal was an owner-surrender, age and breed are unknown and can only be estimated by the staff. Some owner-surrendered animals also have an information sheet that was filled out by the owner. This includes whether housebroken, good with cats, other dogs or kids, why the animal was surrendered, and some information on their former care and living conditions. Viewing the Animals. When visiting the animals, please do not put your fingers inside the cages! A nervous animal may be startled, and react by snapping or scratching and if the animal you touch is sick, and you then touch another animal, you have most likely spread the disease to the second animal. The best way to know if an animal is right for you is to spend some time with him/her...please don't judge them by how they seem in their cage. You may not take animals out yourself, but a staff member or volunteer will assist you. Remember that you cannot know an animal's personality until you have interacted with him/her. Since they do not get out of their cage very often, give them a few minutes to sniff out their new environment. Health of Shelter Animals. The shelter environment can be very stressful for the animals who reside there. Additionally, some of the animals may not have received high quality care before coming to the shelter. At this time, NAMC does not have an on-site veterinarian. Animals needing medical attention are sent to local veterinarians for care, but most animals will not have been seen by a veterinarian until they are adopted. Adoption FeesThe adoption fee is $75 for all cats/kittens and dogs/puppies, and includes the spay/neuter surgery, heartworm test (dogs), FIV/Leukemia test (cats), primary vaccinations, and a microchip. NAMC accepts cash, Visa, Mastercard, cashier's checks, and money orders.
Hamsters - $5, Birds - varies depending on type of bird. VolunteerWe have an on-going need for help with walking dogs, cuddling cats, assisting the public in meeting the animals, and promotion of the shelter. If you would like to help us, please complete our volunteer application, and bring it to our shelter. You will be contacted about an upcoming volunteer orientation (held roughly every four weeks), and upon your attendance of one (lasts about one hour), you will be ready to help the animals! Volunteer hours are the same as viewing hours for the animals (Monday 11a-4p, Tuesday 11a-6p, Thursday 11a-6p, Friday 11a-4p, Saturday 11a-4p, Sunday 12p-3p). DonateEven if you aren't in a position to adopt an animal or volunteer with us, you can still contribute to the well-being of the animals. We can always use, and greatly appreciate, donations of the following:
Happy EndingsWe love hearing about the "happily ever afters" of animals you adopt from our shelter, and can never see too many "brag photos", so please take a moment to let us know how things are going! Recent happy endings are posted below, and our older updates are archived. Want to add yours? Please e-mail Karen with your animal's name at our shelter, along with his/her photo, new name, and anything else you'd like to share with us. Your updates are "testimonials" to the fantastic animals waiting in shelters for a chance to prove all they have to offer, and may very well encourage others to save a life by choosing the "adoption option"! PRALINE (now PRINCESS PRALINE)
HUXLEY (now LEO)
GRYPHON
MOLLY
Come Visit Us!Norfolk Animal Management Center5585 Sabre Road Norfolk, VA 23504 The shelter is located near the Janaf Shopping Center. From Virginia Beach Blvd, turn onto Raby Road. From Military Hwy, turn onto Lowery Road (which is between Walgreen's and Ruby Tuesday, near Wal-Mart and Farm Fresh). Shelter Phone: 757-441-5505 Dispatch Phone: 757-664-PETS Winter Hours of Operation*: Monday: 8:00am-4:30pm Tuesday: 8:00am-4:30pm Wednesday: Closed Thursday: 8:00am-4:30pm Friday: 8:00am-4:30pm Saturday: 8:30am-4:30pm Sunday: 12:00pm-4:30pm * Please note that animals are not available for viewing until 11:00am so that staff has time to feed them and clean their cages. This site, and the Petfinder pictures and bios, are updated regularly by volunteers. For more information about NAMC, please visit the official website, www.norfolk.gov/animals |
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