Thank you for your interest in learning more about our animal shelter. We are the last remaining open admission shelter to its county fully, in the state of Ohio. We provide compassionate care & assistance to thousands of animals each year.
We are not county employees, but we do contract to operate the pound for them. We are located on Morgan Run road, serving all animals in need for over 55 years.
We serve our county openly and consistently, admitting thousands of stray and owner surrender animals each year. We also are often burdened, with other counties cats & kittens, too.
We are a small, rural, full service animal shelter. We receive $23,000.00 a year to operate this animal shelter for the county, we rely on donations for approximately 80% of our budget. Our vet bills requiring thousands of dollars a month. Your money supports animals here, not salaries.
We are not affiliated with or connected to any other rescue or organization in our county. We are not connected to the “Coshocton County Humane Society”. The dog wardens is also a completely separate office, they deliver all strays and surrenders to our facility. They are county employed.
Next Spay and Neuter, Low Cost Service Clinic: January
We host low cost clinics open to dogs & cats and ALL counties. Contact our low cost spay and neuter transport provider, Alter Clinic, and advise you are interested in signing up for the Coshocton transport. To make an appointment please leave a voicemail by phone to schedule and learn more: 234-804-3064
Hours: 11-1pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday for dog tag sales and receiving of donations (thank you!), redemptions, appointments for adoption & pre-scheduled intakes. We are available by pre-scheduled appointment daily to redeem dogs and cats to owners, when they have entered as stray drop offs. All intakes, by appointment. Please call ahead & leave a message, at anytime, to claim a pet.
Stray dogs are held the required 72 hours. Cats require no holds.
If your dog or cat has entered our shelter, please call immediately and leave a voicemail, 24/7. Our team is on site 7 days a week to clean and care for our animals.
Adoptions:
Adoptions are by appointment with an approved application. Check on your application at anytime, hataofccas@yahoo.com
We are a dedicated, trained team who is primarily VOLUNTEER based. Our small but mighty team, must where many hats, as individuals responsible for cleaning & daily care, redemptions of dogs to owners, coordination of adoptable animals for private placement and rescue, vaccinations, humane euthanasia services, intakes, promotions and events, office management and emergency response to strays keeps us very busy. We are closed to intakes Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
If you have found a stray dog in Coshocton county, please contact the dog warden and report to our office immediately.
Shelter 740-622-9741
Warden 740-295-0026
As an open admission cat shelter and county dog pound, we receive a high volume of animals in need. We do not turn them away, and due to being open to ALL animals—we are not a no-kill shelter.
Proudly a S.M.A.R.T Compassion shelter. https://keepithumane.com/smart/