Find animal shelter services in Alpine County

Read the county’s impounded-animal care and redemption procedure, then contact the Sheriff to establish the actual placement and release arrangements. This is legal and coordination information: no local public intake facility, available space, current cross-state admission eligibility or owner-surrender acceptance has been verified.

Availability · Alpine Code6.04.230–240 statutory redemption/adoption procedure; no promise of an available animal or local public intake counter

Ask the Sheriff about an impounded animal’s placement, required redemption fees or adoption application. The code does not identify a current public intake facility.

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Alpine County official codifier · Alpine official animal-control code chapter (opens in a new tab)

Alpine official animal-control code chapter — alpine redemption

6.04.230 Impounded animals—Redemption fees. A. The owner or person entitled to the custody of any dog taken or impounded may, at any time before disposal thereof by the animal control officer, redeem such animal by paying to such animal control officer the fees, charges and, in the case of dogs, the license fee prescribed by this chapter, accruing up to the time of such redemption. The fees will be assessed pursuant to a fee schedule adopted by resolution of the board of supervisors. B. A fee established pursuant to the fee schedule adopted by resolution of the board of supervisors shall be charged for each animal confined for rabies observation at the pound facility. (Ord. 717 (part), 2016: Ord. 430 § 5, 1983) 6.04.240 Adoption of impounded animals. A. Any dog or cat impounded and unredeemed under the provisions of this chapter may be adopted by a person, upon application to the sheriff in such form as he may prescribe. B. In the event the dog or cat is of an age whereby, in the opinion of a veterinarian, injury may occur to the animal by spaying or neutering, adoption may proceed, providing, however, the fee is paid prior to the animal leaving the pound and satisfactory assurance is received by the animal control officer that the spaying or neutering will be completed at the time designated by the veterinarian. This fee will be nonrefundable. C. A fee in such amount as may be necessary to provide for current license, rabies immunization and spaying or neutering shall be paid for each adoption. Such fee shall be established by resolution of the board of supervisors. D. No dog or cat shall be adopted unless spaying or neutering has been performed prior to the dog or cat leaving the pound facility, except as provided above. (Ord. 430 § 6, 1983)

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Availability · Undated CVET planning report: no local brick-and-mortar shelter; Douglas fire evacuation facilities are historical and not routine public-intake proof

The planning report says Alpine has no brick-and-mortar animal shelter. Its Douglas County Fairgrounds references concern previous fires.

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UC Davis California Veterinary Emergency Team · CVET Alpine county outreach summary (opens in a new tab)

CVET Alpine county outreach summary — alpine no local shelter; page 1

Shelter Facilities and Fairgrounds Alpine County does not have a brick-and-mortar animal shelter and there is not a fairground in the county. During previous fire operations, the American Red Cross (ARC) established shelters in Douglas County. ARC shelters have also become more animal friendly over recent years. In previous fires, Douglas County provided for all animal needs and opened the Douglas County Fairgrounds for the sheltering of livestock.

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