Animal Care & Adoption Center

The mission of the Animal Care and Adoption Center is to assist,
protect, and educate the public on animal care and welfare issues.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

To enforce City of Texarkana, Arkansas ordinances and issue
citations accordingly; pick up stray and abandoned animals; promote
animal adoption programs in the community and on the internet; work
closely with rescue and other agencies; trap stray dogs and cats;
investigate reports of animal cruelty and neglect; visit schools
and teach responsible pet ownership; bite prevention and recognition of rabies and animal behavior; rescue sick
and injured animals.

At the Animal Care & Adoption Center, we encourage and respect the animal-human bond while anticipating and
providing services that ensure public health and safety through the proper promotion of animal welfare. Proactive
animal-control enforcement, quality education in recognizing and preventing animal cruelty, and the enactment of
progressive humane initiatives to relieve animal suffering are imperative. We also provide care and placement for
unwanted animals through quality adoptions, licensed rescue, foster programs, and transport programs.
The Animal Care and Adoption Center is a "full service" operation. We take in animals that are brought in by the
Cities of Texarkana, Arkansas, Texarkana, Texas, Nash, Texas, and Wake Village, Texas Animal Control officers,
animals owned by citizens of Miller and Bowie County, and unwanted strays found in Miller and Bowie County.
The Animal Care & Adoption Center also adopts animals out to the public.

The adoption fee is $40.00 for dogs and $20.00 for cats.

All animals are required to be spayed/neutered prior to leaving the shelter.
The Animal Care and Adoption Center will provide shelter and housing for unwanted or stray animals. The
shelter will attempt to find the owner of lost animals and reunite the owner with their animal.
The Animal Care and Adoption Center will work with recognized rescue groups in trying to rescue as many
animals from the shelter that are not reclaimed by their owners.
The Animal Care and Adoption Center will also support the ordinances and laws of the county and state and
assist the Animal Control Division in enforcing those laws pertaining to animal control and management.

Lenor Teague, Director
203 Harrison Street
Texarkana, Arkansas 71854
Fax: (870)774-4518
Phone: (870)773-6388
Email: lenor.teague@txkusa.org