Harris County Pets

The Harris County Pets resource center serves the residents and pets of unincorporated Harris County. Harris County Pets is operated by Harris County Public Health. As the publicly-funded municipal shelter, they are required to accept every animal from unincorporated Harris County that comes through their doors regardless of breed, temperament, health conditions or circumstances.

The facility faces a number of challenges, such as our year-long breeding season that steadily increases the area’s animal population and our semi-tropical climate which serves as an incubator for fleas, ticks and other parasites harmful to animals.

There are many ways to help Harris County Pets. Two VERY important ways are volunteering and fostering! At Harris County Pets, volunteers and fosters mean everything to them. The more people willing to help, the more County Pets we can save!

Whether you are looking to volunteer your time, or to open your home to a deserving dog or cat, Harris County Pets wants you to join their team!

A division of Harris County Public Health, the resource center provides animal adoption, a pet wellness clinic for the public, zoonotic disease surveillance, as well as animal control services in neighborhoods throughout unincorporated Harris County and with certain municipalities within Harris County.

Additional Information

Location

612 Canino Road
Houston, TX 77076

Just off the Hardy Toll Road & Little York exit.

Contact

Location

***Subject to change based on special events/circumstances. Please call ahead to confirm.***

Phone Hours: (281) 999-3191

9 am - 6 pm Monday – Friday (closed 12 pm – 1 pm) & 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Saturday - Sunday

Hours

Location

Volunteers Needed

Facility Hours: 1 pm - 5:50 pm Monday - Friday & 11 am - 4 pm Saturday - Sunday

Adoption Hours: 1 pm - 5:30 pm Monday - Friday & 11 am - 3:30 pm Saturday - Sunday

Volunteers Needed

Volunteering: Volunteers are one of the most important resources at Harris County Pets. YOU can make a difference in a county pet’s life by showing them some T.L.C., teaching them how to “sit”, or making sure they find their fur-ever home!

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Fosters Needed

Volunteers Needed

Fosters Needed

Fostering: An animal in a foster home is FIVE TIMES more likely to be adopted than an animal straight out of the facility. As a foster home, YOU can provide a safe environment for an animal to learn to become a pet! The shelter is ALWAYS in search of great foster homes willing to take in animals in need of a warm bed and a good meal.

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Service Area

Volunteers Needed

Fosters Needed

Harris County Pets services unincorporated Harris County, or all the green areas. Barc or City of Houston services all the blue areas.