HRAS currently shelters animals that come from the unincorporated Monterey County areas and the cities of Salinas, Greenfield, Marina, Del Rey Oaks and CSUMB.
HITCHCOCK ROAD
Animal Services
Serving Monterey County and the City of Salinas
Animal Sheltering
Animals that need sheltering are brought to Animal Services at 160 Hitchcock Road in Salinas. They are scanned for a microchip, vaccinated, photographed and held for a minimum of 3 business days in hopes their owner comes for them.
All dogs and cats that can be safely handled are scanned for a microchip, vaccinated against common shared illness (FVRCP for Cats, DA2PP/ Bordatella for Dogs) , treated for fleas and worms and have their photo taken.
All animal photos then uploaded onto our website within an hour of being entered into our computer.
If you think your animal is at the shelter, please contact us immediately. We’ll ask that you come out to the shelter to verify it’s your animal as soon as possible. We’ll ask for your photo I.D. and any proof of ownership you may have for the animals. That may include recent photos, veterinary records, vaccination records, etc. It’s important to us that we return an animal to it’s rightful owner.
Finally, there may be fees that apply, however, we’re always willing to discuss these as they apply and we’ll try to work with you as we can.
We want to get your pet back to you if we can!
There may be fees that apply if your animal ends up in our care. Every case is different, however, typical fees may include daily boarding, impound, vaccines given, state fine for unaltered pet and licensing. Fees are reduced if your pet is spayed or neutered so call us for resources if you want to have your pet altered.
Our goal is to return your animal to you if we can, so please contact us if you think your pet is here and we’ll work from there.
If a pet at the shelter is not reclaimed by their owner, then it is evaluated to determine what pathway we can find for it.
Adoption: If it’s healthy, friendly, and able to be easily handled, we’ll move it down the pathway for adoption. It’ll be spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped prior to becoming adoptable.
Rescue: If there are medical issues or it has behavior concerns that limit it’s adoption from us, we’ll seek a pathway with a rescue partner. We have over 50 current rescue partners we work with to find alternatives for animals that are not able to be adopted through HRAS.
Euthanasia: Euthanasia is the last resort for an animal at HRAS if the other pathways are not available and it is taken seriously at HRAS. Animals with severe injury or illness may be euthanized to ease their suffering and our Veterinarian is always involved in those decisions. Also, animals with various forms of aggression may be euthanize in the interest of keeping people and other animals safe. HRAS tries very hard to explore all options prior to euthanizing any adoptable animals.
Live Release Rate(LRR) indicates the percentage of animals leaving the shelter alive (i.e., Adoption, Return to Owner, Transfer to Rescue or Return to Field). As of February 2024, The overall LRR of animals at HRAS is 82%. For dogs specifically, the LRR is 86% and for cats, it’s 66%. Please contact us directly if you have any further questions about this statistic.