HoCo Animal Shelter Requires Appointments Due To Coronavirus

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — With the order from Howard County Executive Calvin Ball to close all non-emergency county facilities to the public, the Howard County Animal Control & Adoption Center in Columbia will continue to operate but by appointment only.

Adoptions and reuniting lost pets with their owners will continue but with pre-scheduled appointments only. Anyone without an appointment will not be allowed to enter the facility. People will not be allowed to relinquish pets to the shelter without an appointment either.

People wishing to make donations to the shelter can order items through Amazon using the shelter's wish list. Those items then will be delivered to the shelter.

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To schedule an adoption appointment, reclaim a lost pet or schedule an animal intake, please call 410-313-2780. To view adoptable animals, please visit the county shelter's website at https://www.howardcountymd.gov or the shelter's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HowardCountyAnimalControl/.

Currently, Gingerbread is a reserved 11-month old-neutered male kitten in search of a loving furever home. In his previous home, Gingerbread lived with another cat and a dog and got along well with both of them. Gingerbread enjoys being petted but prefers not to be picked up. Laser toys and stick toys are among his favorite things to play with at the shelter. According to the shelter's Facebook post, he will need an understanding and patient family that will give him time to adjust to his new home.

Also, Bridgette is an eight-month-old pit mix puppy full of energy. Sadly, she was abandoned but is looking for her new family. She loves peanut butter on her licky mat and adores toys and puzzles.

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