Escambia County Animal Welfare and Adoption Center
Hours: Mon-Fri 12-5pm; Sat-Sun 11am-4pm.
- What it is
- Shelters and rescues
- Where
- Escambia County
- Status
- Open
- Checked
- on the official website, November 5, 2026
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Escambia County's animal shelter, which averages around 300 animals in care. Handles adoptions, lost pet reclaims, stray intake by appointment and owner surrenders by appointment, and gives families facing hardship a list of resources that may help them keep their pet. Animal Welfare and Enforcement takes stray and animal control reports.
How to reach them
Where: 200 W. Fairfield Drive, Pensacola, FL
Hours: Mon-Fri 12-5pm; Sat-Sun 11am-4pm.
Good to know
- How to get started: Walk in to view and adopt cats and dogs; no appointment is needed to adopt. Owner surrenders and stray drop-offs are by appointment: call (850) 595-3075. To identify a lost pet, come to the shelter with proof of ownership and a state ID. Report a stray or animal control issue at (850) 595-0097 ext. 2 or with the county's online complaint form.
Emergency? Call your veterinarian or the nearest 24-hour emergency hospital now, and tell them if cost is a barrier. Emergency signs and poison hotlines
If cost is the barrier: Paying for Care compares grants, payment plans and fundraising, and a free funding plan puts them together for your pet.
More keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss near Pensacola
- Pensacola Humane Society · Pensacola · 2 mi
- Santa Rosa County Animal Services (Milton) · Milton · 14 mi
- Baldwin Humane Society · Fairhope · 37 mi
- City of Mobile Animal Shelter (Animal Services) · Mobile · 52 mi
- Mobile SPCA · Mobile · 61 mi
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