About Stamford Animal Care & Control
In 2006, we became Connecticut's first municipal Animal Control shelter to add the word "care" to our title. While in shelter care, it is our intention to make each adoptable animal's life count, and to make his or her stay comfortable until a loving home is found.
We wish we could help every pet, however because we are a Connecticut municipal run facility, by law, we are restricted and can only accept pets owned by Stamford residents.
We shelter a variety of animals, primarily dogs and cats but also rabbits, ferrets, little furries like hamsters and guinea pigs and, on occasion, birds and reptiles. We provide rabies control, impound stray animals, investigate and prevent cruelty to animals, attend to sick or injured animals, and find homes for adoptable animals.
We strive toward no-kill which means every adoptable animal is given a second chance. Dogs are given fair evaluations by a behaviorist. With this ambitious approach, adoption is the most vital aspect for our success, therefore we survive off of your support through adopting one of our pets or referring us to friends.
In an effort to reduce the population of homeless animals, we require that all pets from our shelter are spayed or neutered before release.
Contact Us
(203) 977-4437
201 Magee Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902
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Hours: Every day (including holidays): 8:00am - 4:00pm. Wednesdays: open until 6:30pm.
SACC Homepage
About Outreach to Pets in Need (OPIN)
OPIN is an all volunteer non-profit organization, and our mission is to decrease the population of homeless pets in Connecticut through medical treatment, training, public education, and placement programs.
OPIN collaborates with SACC to develop and deploy programs supporting the OPIN mission and tenets in an existing facility. The SACC shelter provides infrastructure and staff support, and OPIN provides dedicated volunteers, program funding, and access to veterinary and animal behavior professionals.
Volunteering
We survive off of the skills and generosity of our fabulous volunteers. Not only is it fun, but each and every hour you give makes a direct positive impact on the wellbeing of our homeless pets. Ways to contribute:
- Walk and socialize dogs
- Help train dogs at our free, weekly obedience class
- Cuddle and play with cats
- Greet the public and help show them pets
- Perform office work, data entry, and organization
- Wash laundry and bowls
- Help with marketing
- Educate the community with our Pound Around Town program
- Organize fundraising events
If you're interested in volunteering, fill out a volunteer application. After the Shelter Manager has reviewed your application, shelter staff will contact you with details on volunteer orientation.
Which Form Do I Use?
- If the pet has "(OPIN)" next to its name on Petfinder, please fill out the OPIN Adoption Application. OPIN pets are part of our non-profit program and usually in foster homes.
- If the pet has "(Courtesy)" next to its name, please use the contact info on that profile. Courtesy pets are with other rescues or families, but we're helping spread the word.
- For all other adoptables, please use the SACC Adoption Application. SACC pets are those legally under the Stamford Animal Care & Control shelter.
If you'd like to become a foster home, please use the application(s) for the program(s) that interests you. OPIN foster homes take in pets from our shelter, providing them with a more engaging environment than the shelter can offer until they find their forever homes. SafePet Domestic Violence foster homes take in family pets of domestic violence victims on a short-term basis, usually during a transition period.