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Live Release - Cats and Dogs

​Live Release is defined as the number of all pets that are adopted, rescued, transferred to another shelter, ​ or returned to their owners after being lost​ ​​​​

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Lives Saved

​== Data collected on July 1st, 2025​ ==​



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​Report Animal Cruelty

Contact Us

   
     ​Main Facility:

7100 Belvedere Road
West Palm Beach, 33411
(west of Florida Turnpike)​

Main Phone:

(561) 233-1200

E-Mail Us

Envienos un correo Electronico


Animal Viewing Areas are open from

 12:00 pm to Closing

 Hours:
Monday-Friday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.


Closed on government holidays


Belle Glade / Pahokee Facility:

3615 State Rd 715

Pahokee, FL 33476

(561) 924-5657

*Limited Hours*
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 Live Release Rate*

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Pet​ ​Adoptions*** ​​

​​​Dogs and Cat Adoptions 


*The Live Release Rate (LRR) is calculated by dividing the number of animals outcomed alive divided by number of ​animals outcomed *100 (excluding owner requested euthanasia)​
**Year to Date refers to the period between the 1st day of the Calendar year (1/1/) to the day the data was collected
 **Pet Adoptions refer to animals adopted to the members of the public, excluding animals sent to Rescue Partners ​​​​
== Live Release Rate and Pet Adoptions Data collected on January 1st, 2025 ==

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​PBC Animal Care Control Intake/Outcome vs National Average and State Average

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As the only municipal shelter in Palm Beach County, this chart by the Shelter Animals Count database demonstrates the significant amount of animals that PBCACC takes in annually compared to other comparable​ shelters in the state and across the country. As an open-admission shelter, we do not turn away any animals in need from dogs and cats to livestock and pocket pets.​
Our shelter is very close to achieve the no-kill benchmark with a save rate over 85 %
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​Accomplishments in 2024
Calendar Year ​​

== Data collected on January 1st, 2025 == ​

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​​​​6,428 dogs, cats, and other pet​​s were adopted and rescued​

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5,890​ spay/neuter surgeries were performed



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​​Monthly Averages - All Species*​

Monthly Averages  Year** to Date​​

== Data collected on July ​​​​1st 2025 ==​​​​​​​​

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*All Species includes cats, dogs, livestock, exotic pets, birds etc.​
** Year to Date refers to the period between ​the 1st day of the Calendar year (01/01/) to the day the data was collected​​​​

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Palm Beach County - Animal Care and Control - ​Transparency Data Report

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About Animal Care and Control 
 
 

The mission of Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control Staff and Volunteers:

Ensuring the protection and advocacy of companion animals and the education and support of the humans caring for them.


Shelter Hours:
Monday - Friday
11:00 to 6:00
Saturday
 10:00 to 5:00
Sunday
 11:00 to 4:00
​Animal Viewing Areas - Adoptions - Redemptions
​12:00 to Closing
​Closed on government holidays
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Animal Care and Control is part of Palm Beach County Government. Our shelter was started in 1969. We are located at 7100 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach, Florida (five miles west of I-95).

In 1974, the shelter became a division of the Public Safety Department. Programs and services were expanded to keep pace with the growing human and animal population. In 1980, the division became fully accredited by the Humane Society of the United States. Animal Care and Control was the first agency in the southeast and the second in the entire nation to achieve this distinction.

The animal services and programs offered to county residents are:

  • animal law enforcement
  • pet adoption of stray and unwanted pets
  • animal sheltering and caring of stray, unwanted, injured and sick pets
  • pet friendly shelter (disaster shelter for pets and owners)
  • computerized pet identification through the rabies license program
  • pet identification with (EAID) microchipping
  • rabies vaccinations and microchipping offered to the public 7 days a week, no appointment necessary
  • educational programs and tours available for schools and organizations
  • the rescue of abused domestic animals and livestock
  • livestock adoptions (horses, cows, pigs, poultry)
  • the lost and found web site SNAP
  • the volunteer program for adults and students
  • the foster care volunteer program
  • low-cost spaying and neutering programs for dogs and cats

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Palm Beach County Animal Care Transparency Data Report:

Our community is making steady progress towards the goal of saving the lives of 90% or more of the animals entering the shelter, but there is still much work to do.  

In 2016 , 82% of the dogs and 52% of the cats arriving at Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control were saved.  In 2020, the “save rate" had improved to 92.5% for dogs and 75.3% for cats. 
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