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Animal Control

 Rescue at Fieldale
Trapped dogs rescued from a retention pond

Cat Rescue Jan 6 201477 Cats taken from a home

Cat Rescue Jan 6 2014On the way to a better life

The Stephens County Marshal provides Animal Control services for the county.  The Animal Control Officer will investigate animal cruelty complaints, enforce city and county code infractions, issue citations and appear in court cases.  Their services are meant not only to protect the public from potentially harmful animals, but more importantly to educate county residents on how to prevent hazardous conditions and protect animals that can’t protect themselves.  The Animal Control Officer works together with the community to protect one another, as well as innocent animals through responsible care, compassion and awareness.

How to contact the Animal Control Officer: 

For Non-Emergency issues – Stray/nuisance animals – CALL 706-779-3911

Emergency issues: – Animal bites to pets or people  – CALL 911

LOST ANIMALS
If you have lost your animal – Visit the shelter to see if your animal has been turned in to the shelter to positively identify and reclaim them.  Please bring proof of ownership (vet records, photos of animal).  The shelter is open Tuesday – Saturday 11- 5:30 pm to reclaim your lost pet.  We are located at 1747 Scenic Drive, Toccoa, GA 30577.

Visit our Lost/Found page for additional options to help you find your pet or report a found pet by CLICKING HERE

You can post a picture of your lost pet on our Facebook page

You can also call the shelter (at 706-282-3275) to see if we have taken in an animal that matches the description of your animal.  Please keep in mind that how you describe the breed and coloring of your animal is open to interpretation, so we recommend that you visit the shelter often to see if your dog has been turned in to the shelter.

Click the links below to view the City of Toccoa and Stephens County Animal Ordinances.

City of Toccoa Animal Ordinances

Stephens County Animal Ordinances

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Please make a donation now. You may donate through safe, secure PayPal checkout with or without a Paypal account.

After your donation transaction is completed, please click on the “Return to Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter, Inc.” box to designate how your donation will be used, and inform us if you are making the donation in honor or memory of a person or pet.

Special Needs Animals

Special need

Goose
Senior pets need homes too!

Special need

Boss
Ask us about Heartworm + dogs that are available


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To get our shelter’s Live Release Rate we add Adoption, Return to Owner and Transfers statistics and divide them by our total outcome number

2022 Shelter Statistics through June 30
Intakes 769
Adoptions 488
Return To owners 47
Transfers 142
Live Release Rate 97.13%

2021 Shelter Statistics
Intakes 1622
Adoptions 1048
Return to Owners 101
Transfers 338
Live Release rate 92.99%

2020 Shelter Statistics
Intakes 1220
Adoptions 697
Return to Owners 82
Transfers 353
Live Release rate 90.41%

2019 Shelter Statistics
Intakes 1746
Adoptions 751
Return to Owners 91
Transfers 697
Live Release rate 87.84%

2018 Shelter Statistics
Intakes 1650
Adoptions 702
Return to Owners 115
Transfers 498
Live Release rate 77.57%
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2017 Shelter Statistics
Intakes 1856
Adoptions 675
Return to Owners 127
Transfers 551
Live Release Rate: 75.51%
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2016 Shelter Statistics
Intakes 1839
Adoptions 609
Return to Owners 96
Transfers 632
Live Release Rate 72.7%


2015 Shelter Statistics
Intakes 2077
Adoptions 608
Return to Owners 126
Transfers 919
Live Release Rate 79.5%
 

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