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Shelter Assessment

Seattle Animal Control

Takes captured and stray dogs to the Seattle Animal Shelter, located at 2061 15th Ave W, Seattle, WA 98119.

Seattle Animal Shelter does not officially promote itself as a "no-kill" shelter, but its save rate meets the national no-kill benchmark of 90%.

Key Details About Their Policy

  • Save Rate: The shelter regularly places, reunites, or sends to rescue more than 90% of the animals that come through its doors.

  • No Time or Space Limits: The facility does not enforce time limits or euthanize animals due to a lack of space.

  • Exceptions for Health and Safety: Animals that pose a severe health or safety risk to humans or other pets, or those suffering from untreatable conditions where reasonable veterinary care cannot help, may be euthanized

Burien C.A.R.E.S.

Burien C.A.R.E.S. Animal Shelter is a non-profit, no-kill community animal shelter located in Burien, Washington

Services They Offer

  • Animal caare, shetering, and rehoming dogs and cats

  • Provides temporary pet-food assistance through their Pet Pantry

  • Pet Licenses for Burien

Service Numbers

They help over 1,200 animals each year

Governance

The Burien C.A.R.E.S. Animal Shelter is a privately governed, independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

While it operates as a private entity, it maintains a formal partnership with the local government. It functions as the official Animal Care & Control authority for the City of Burien under a municipal commercial contract. This hybrid arrangement means that although they are a private nonprofit, they are responsible for enforcing local animal ordinances, managing stray housing, and providing animal safety services for the city

Intervention

Because they act as Burien's Animal Control, they actively intervene in specific public safety and animal welfare circumstances.

Field animal control officers evaluate reports on a case-by-case basis and intervene in situations including:

  • Loose or stray domestic animals roaming in public spaces.

  • Sick or injured domestic animals needing rescue.

  • Aggressive or threatening behavior by animals.

  • Animal bites or attacks.

  • Suspected animal neglect, cruelty, or abandonment.

  • Animals trapped or left inside vehicles.

  • Nuisance concerns like chronic nuisance barking.

Staffing

They have a set of employed staff that manages the facility, the intake and adoption of dogs, feeding, cleaning

They have a network of volunteers that perform various duties such as

  • Cleaning (washing drying folding) towels and bedding

  • Organizing donated food and items

  • Walking dogs

  • You can also check out a dog like a library book, take it home for days or a weekend, or foster it.

They do not have a vet on staff but reply on outside help for spay/neuters, and caring for sick and injured animals

Situation

They have a lot of dogs. it is small an d crowded and loud. The dogs need decompression, time away from the noise, time outside. When I was volunteering there was no place to work on training, and the dogs were so overwhelmed, they could not learn anyway. They really needed time outside the shelter and excersize, decompression time.

How I Can Help

  • Volunteer to walk dogs to help them decompress

  • Check puppies out of the library as I have time to spend with them

Where Dogs Come From in Seattle

Breeders

Rescues

  • Emerald City Pet Rescue (dogs,cats,equine & farm). dogs are mostly from high volume shelters around the country and owner surrenders when they have space

  • Ginger's Pet Rescue - foster network, committed to taking death row dogs from in state abd out of state (most of theor adaptable dogs are from Korea. Taiwan and Mexico)

  • Forever Home Dog Rescue - most dogs from overcrowded shelters - foster based and volunteer run

  • Resilient Hearts Animal Sanctuary (majority of dogs are at foster families until adopt )

  • NorthWest Wag Rescue - 100% foster based and volunteer run

Lost Pet Help

  • Three Retrievers Lost Pet Rescue- scent trailing of lost dogs and cats

Sanctuaries - Seattle

We have a few animal sancurtaries in and near Seattle:

  • Sammamish Animal Sanctuary (barnyard animals)

  • Ghost Owl Farm - mostly horses, miniature horases and donkeys