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Rochester Animal Services: Found Pet Guide

Many pets are found by neighbors within close proximity to the pet's home. Bringing the found pet to the shelter should be the last resort. We need community members to assist us in limiting shelter intakes to animals that are truly homeless or suffering and those that represent public safety concerns.

Rochester Animal Services: Lost pet prevention

You can also view the photos and profiles below to see if your pet has been taken in at Animal Services. However, all animals may not be included, so we recommend that you check this page frequently for new photo uploads and visit the facility in person every couple of days.

Pet Adoption

Before falling in love with a pet, make sure you familiarize yourself with the adoption process, fees, and other information provided here.

Rochester Animal Services

Rochester Animal Services (RAS) envisions a community where our neighbors are empowered to stay together with their pets, have a central destination to find a new pet; where neighborhoods are enhanced through pet ownership, and lost pets are kept safe and nurtured.

Pups in the Park 4

Rochester Animal Services is teaming up with Rochester Woman Online to hold an amazing fee-waived adoption event and celebration of the shelter.

Dog licenses

Why should you license your dog? Licensing your dog is required by New York State Agriculture and Markets Law and the Municipal Code of the City of Rochester. There are fines for citizens with unlicensed dogs. A dog license is not only a requirement, it also provides the following benefits: It ident

What to do if you find a lost dog

Even if a dog is found dirty, injured, or afraid, it does not necessarily mean the dog was abused or dumped. Try to avoid making assumptions or judgments. It is possible that the dog has been missing for several days or even weeks and has been injured or experienced adverse conditions during that time. Ask...

What to do if you find a lost cat

Most cats you see outdoors do not need intervention and should be left where they are. So, first, determine whether this is a cat in need of immediate attention (sick or injured) or a healthy neighborhood cat out for a stroll.

Rochester Animal Services: Microchip scanning

Animal Services (RAS) has provided microchip scanners to Neighborhood Service Centers, R-Centers, and pet stores to help reunite missing pets with their people. Email us by clicking the button below if your organization or business is interested in becoming a microchip checkpoint location. Scanner distribution is...

Pet surrender prevention resources and rehoming support

There are hundreds of sick, injured, abandoned, and lost companion animals that are in greater need of shelter compared to one healthy pet already in a home. Although we will provide the best possible care for every animal that comes in, a home environment is almost always safer and healthier for your pet's...