Tulare County Animal Services

Adam Castillo jr

Horrible, called three times for Goshen.. big dogs running lose one attempted to attack my daughter while waiting for the school bus. All they do is come out talk to the owners then walk to dogs back & then minutes later they are out. I am being civil by calling them.. now there is 7 dogs running lose 2 are pit bulls .. So now imma get me a BB gun and scare them since the dog cops can't simply pick these dogs up .. they aren't being treated as pets & the owners can't act like responsible owners and keep them in their yards.. Being civil goes so far

Chelli Car

Where do I even begin……. On Wednesday 6/ 15/22 I went to PetSmart in hopes of adopting a loving, HEALTHY animal, unfortunately to my findings the day I brought Nico home, I knew he was sick. I knew I wanted to adopt him the moment I saw him so I didn’t hesitate to bring him home. Upon arrival ( I didn’t really see him before I adopted, I literally just had them put him in a carrier and away we went)….when I got home and took him out of the carrier, I had noticed his left eye was really watery and had crusty but I thought “eh maybe he just has eye boogers”. Little did I know it was much more serious. As the days went on he started to sneeze, wheeze, his nose was runny, and BOTH eyes were very watery and crusty. On the 8th day, as shown in the picture this is how bad it got quickly!!!! Not even 8 days after adopting him I was taking him to the vet for an emergency check up. Mind you ALL the vets they listed in their “complementary” list are not seeing new animals right now, AND the one in Tulare wanted to charge me $80 for the visit. Anyways, so I took him to MY vet, where they did multiple tests on him, and come to find out he has chlamydia. I asked the vet how and where he could have gotten it because the only animal I had was a kitten I adopted 2 days before him which was healthy and from a completely different foundation, and a dog. She had mentioned that he was showing signs of sickness well before I adopted him. Now my question is….. WHY???? Why didn’t anyone red flag his symptoms?? It was either negligence on the shelters side, or PetSmarts side. I am beyond frustrated as not even 8 days after bringing him home, I’m paying over $200 for a vet bill. The only offer to me was to see their vet ( which this would’ve never gotten this bad IF there vet was doing their job) or to surrender him back to the shelter… WHY? So they can kill him because he’s sick? Do better Tulare county Animal Services! DO BETTER!!!! People put their trust in you for finding HEALTHY animals and yet you are FAILING!!!

Kristie Mishler

I have been looking up and down california for a shelter that has good customer service. Cared about their dogs that come in, and try their hardest no matter what. After trying for 3 months, I went to this place 2 times spaced out each time, they went above and beyond to make sure we were cared for and the animals. They know what they're doing and they love their jobs. Out of over 75 shelters I've looked at online and in person, this one is the best all around. Yes they are a county shelter. But Luke I said, they still try to go above and beyond, thank you to the workers for trying to make thelanimal works a better place

Michael Perigo

We picked up this little dog that my granddaughter watch a man through in the trash at our local park by our house. My wife took care of him for three days, because it was the weekend and he was very sick and puking blood. On Monday I brought him in and told them what happened and didn’t think that he would make it. My wife called and told them if the mans wife or kids didn’t call for him that we wanted to adopt him if he survived. He is now our precious little Curly! Best little dog we could have EVER OWNED!! Shame on the man that just threw him away!! Thank you Tulare county for saving his life!!