Montgomery County, Kentucky Animal Shelter Urgents

WE ARE NOT THE SHELTER! This page is an independent networking site (NOT the shelter) for the animals of Montgomery County KY Animal Shelter. 859 498-8751

Help the animals of the Montgomery County KY Animal Shelter and educate the local community about Low Cost Spay/Neuter programs, the need for fosters locally, and gain awareness of rescue communities.

The information we have is the most current that we have available to us. For the most accurate information about availability, facility hours, policies, etc. please contact the shelter.The volunteers on this page have no control over any aspect of shelter policy or procedure. Current shelter hours are posted as Monday, Wednesday, Friday- 7:30am-3:30pm, Tuesday and Thursday 7:00am-5:00 pm, and Saturday 9 am to Noon

Frequently Asked Questions. Please read as most questions can be answered below.


1. This site is not the Montgomery County Animal Shelter site. We are an independent networking site for the animals of the shelter. We are not engaged in the care of the animals at the shelter in any way.
2. This site is run by volunteers, we are not paid to run the page and will respond to inquiries when we are able, we all have full-time jobs and families.
3. What information that is listed in the pic description is ALL we currently possess.
4. We generally do not have extra information on temperment tests or vaccination records. Bear in mind, this is an animal control facility not an adoption center.
5. Any comments/commenters I deem to be inappropriate will be deleted/banned immediately with no explanation. There will be no time wasting drama.


Private Adopters: If you are local to the Mt. Sterling, KY or surrounding areas you may adopt directly from the shelter.

Shelter Location: 491 Adena Drive, Mt. Sterling, KY
Hours Monday through Friday 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM, Saturday 9 am to 12 pm
Phone 859-498-8751. No unnecessary phone calls please. ONLY SERIOUS ADOPTION INQUIRIES FROM LOCAL OR SURROUNDING AREA RESIDENTS. Harassing phone calls will not be tolerated and may be reported.
Adoption Fee ONLY includes spay/neuter $49 dog/$46 cat

If the animal you were looking at on the site is not available please adopt another animal. There are so many wonderful dogs and cats at the shelter.


Rescue Organization Information - No pull fees, and must be a 5013c organization, and but must be approved to pull
Please contact Elaine Fuerniss at cafuerniss@hotmail.com with the following:
1. Proof of 5013c status
2. Adoption application and agreement
3. Vet reference to arrange a pull.

These are the shelter's rules to verify rescue organizations before they pull. Inquiries for her phone details will be communicated privately in email.

SOME transport is available as well (dependent, not guaranteed, and only to Lexington, KY).

Private Individuals who wish to assist animals. There are several ways in which you may help the animals ALL of which we appreciate greatly:

• SHARING- Share the animal on friends or group's pages and NETWORK to rescues for the animals
• TAGGING- Tag a friend or group in a pic
• PLEDGE/SPONSOR- Pledge to assist a qualified rescue in the comments. Once the animal is pulled, information will be sent to your Facebook account from either the page or Jennifer Cauwels (one of the page administrators)
• FIND A RESCUE LOCAL TO YOURSELF OR ELSEWHERE WHO IS ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU AS A FOSTER OR ADOPTER FOR ONE OF THE ANIMALS You will need to contact the rescue on your own and arrange transportation as well. Once you have made arrangements with the rescue, please have the rescue contact Elaine at cafuerniss@hotmail.com to assist them in pulling the animal. Again, Elaine cannot assist private individuals in pulling animals. Again, she cannot assist in private adoptions from the shelter, she is not affiliated with the shelter. . Elaine cannot monitor an animal who has been pulled for a private individual out of state. If the individual is unable to care for the animal she must be assured the animal can be retrieved and not dumped in another shelter. With out of state fosters, this is absolutely does NOT work.


PLEDGES - Please private message the page as well as leaving your comment. Once the animal you pledged sponsorship to is rescued, you will then be directed where to send you pledge/sponsorship.Please private message this page if you have any general questions about the site, animals, or any helpful suggestions related to rescues or the page itself. We appreciate your help and we are interested in your feedback.
Private adopters will not receive any pledge/sponsorship funds. All funds will either be sent to a veterinarian or the rescue's account. We do not advocate private individuals fund raising on our page. In fact we warn against this, there are people who take advantage of the willingness and desire to help. So, any pledges/sponsorship are sent directly to a clinic, or a certified 501c3 rescue. We do not personally collect donations for our page, we do what we do, because its a responsibility we feel towards those animals.


If you have a concern please private message the page.Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT AVAILABLE PETS LISTED ON THIS SITE, PLEASE CHECK OUT THE SHELTER PETFINDER PAGE AT: www.petfinder.com/shelters/KY359.html

Montgomery County Animal Shelter 491 Adena Dr
Mount Sterling, KY 40353
United States