Bullock County Humane Society

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR RESIDENTS OF BULLOCK COUNTY: If your dog arrives at our animal shelter as a stray and does not have an ID tag, it is YOUR responsibility to contact us. We look for an ID tag, and we scan it for a microchip. If your dog arrives with neither, we do a standard intake procedure of vaccines and preventives and hold the dog for 10 days. On day 11, that dog legally becomes our property and we are allowed to adopt, transfer or even euthanize it (although we don't do the latter except in extreme cases). An owner who shows up after the 10 day stray hold and wants their dog back has no legal recourse if the dog has already been transfered or adopted. If you would want your dog back after it gets lost, PLEASE put an ID tag on it and/or have your vet implant a microchip. If a dog has a collar without ID, that only means that at some time, somebody claimed it as their own. We have too many amazing dogs whose owners never come looking or come too late and then get angry because their dog is 1000 miles away. An owner who comes in search of a lost dog (that did not have ID or microchip) must have proof of ownership and pay a fee to reimburse us for expenses before we release the dog. We also ensure the dog has a rabies vaccine per state law before releasing it back to the owner. Please share this with your Bullock County friends.