Seminole County Pets

To provide for the health and safety of the citizens of Seminole County through excellent customer service and active enforcement of State laws and local ordinance. To provide for the humane sheltering and disposition of stray and unwanted animals, and to promote responsible pet ownership and animal welfare through community outreach and adoption programs.

Effective September 1, 2014, Seminole County Animal Services (SCAS) will only accept those animals that were found within Seminole County and have been brought to our shelter by Seminole County residents (photo identification is required). While this policy is intended to cover the processing of stray animals received over the counter, it also covers owner-surrendered animals unless those same animals had been adopted from our shelter. This policy does not affect the adoption process, which remains open to the general public.

For the purposes of public safety, it is highly recommended that any person that observes stray animals within Seminole County should avoid contact with same and immediately report the situation to our shelter. It also remains the responsibility of residents of other counties to locate resources for their owned animals within their own municipalities, and to locate other options that may be available to them if they were to travel to Seminole County. Please be sure to contact our shelter at phone #407-665-5201 with any questions regarding this policy.

Our adoption shelter is equipped to hold approximately 80-100 dogs and 75-100 cats and is typically full. Seminole County Animal Services has your purr-fect match! Please visit all the wonderful cats, dogs, birds and small animals that we have for adoption!

*GREAT news for potential adopters! Effective 8/15/14, all cats and dogs that are adopted from Seminole County Animal Services (SCAS) will be issued microchips that include a one-year registration feature with Datamars (microchip manufacturer). This feature allows for the automatic software registration of the pet and owner within the Datamars system (usually within 24 hours from adoption), and customers will have access to their accounts for changes, updates, etc. This new registration feature will help SCAS to reunite lost pets with their owners, thereby reducing the County’s euthanasia rates.