Anchorage Animal Control

They thankfully don’t have many animals here. I guess that’s good, since abandoned animals are never a good thing. But when you’re looking for a pet, it’s a bummer when literally all the cages are empty. They do take amazing care of what they do have, and they keep their website up to date. So save yourself a trip and check online before you drive all the way over there. The staff is very knowledgeable, but I found them kinda condescending. They also have an excellent selection of free animal care pamphlets. It’s a good place to get information BEFORE you actually get a pet. Especially if you want to reach your children about responsible pet ownership, they have really good info.

This is the best run «pound» I’ve ever been to. They actually take the time to train their animals, like putting them through manners classes. They work with the animals to make them more adoptable. KTVA 11’s Daybreak even showcases AACC pets for adoption on a weekly basis. The animals here don’t last long because they’re adopted right away. I’ve never seen animals get adopted so quickly!
When we first moved here, we wanted to adopt a dog. At first, we decided to attend some adoption clinics that we saw advertised on Craigslist. At the clinics we watched smaller dogs being placed in crates on top of large dogs, and watched a couple of these dogs purposely peeing on the dogs below. The staff largely ignored this behavior, and we witnessed this more than once, months apart (it was not the same dogs doing this). We asked about a smaller dog, and were told that she required a yard, because she was not fully potty trained. What? So the people fostering these animals are not bothering to try to potty train these dogs, and then on top of that, they are assuming that the dog can’t learn? Sorry, but I did not want to get a dog from people that aren’t well educated on dogs and dog behavior. It’s not a wonder that the adult dogs at these clinics aren’t adopted for months.
In contrast, if you’ve ever watched the available pets page on the Anchorage Animal Care and Control website, you’ll know that if you snooze, you lose. From what I’ve noticed, most dogs are adopted within a couple days of being available, some within hours. It’s rare to see one there over a week.
We adopted our dog from AACC and couldn’t be happier. She’s now graduated from two obedience classes (one of which had 3 other dogs who were adopted at AACC in the class). She’s very well behaved, and people always ask us where we got her from — they are always surprised when we tell them.
The facilities at AACC are always clean. The staff here is always helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly. I used to think of places like these as sad places, but AACC is actually an enjoyable place to come look for your future furry (or no so furry) family member! Highly recommend.

Terrible! They killed my perfectly healthy and social bunny. There reason was not acceptable because the lady who I surrendered her too knew my situation. Husband allergic and me with a new baby not giving her the attention and affection she was use to. I’ll never deal with that hag again and they are responsible for killing her. I was told due to my baby girls friendly easy disposition she was not in danger but that was a lie and I would not recommend anyone take their pets there.

We had a nice young Dane Puppy show up. It was not potty trained, and it was just a bundle of complete joy, but no one could help with the potty training or get the pup into a home. In steps Megan, Animal Control Manager. She now has a great home… I hope the potty training goes well!!! These folks are the best!!!