This is the official Facebook page of the City of Ames Animal Shelter and Animal Services Division.

Animal Services
The Ames Animal Shelter is a division of the Ames Police Department. We are charged with upholding and enforcing regulations (ordinances) regarding the treatment and control of animals in the city. Animal ordinances serve three purposes: 1) protection of people, 2) protection of property, and 3) protection of animals.

The Shelter means not only protecting people from the nuisance of roaming, uncontrolled animals, but also protecting pets and wild animals in their habitats.

The Ames Animal Shelter Staff consists of the supervisor, one full-time officer, one full-time senior clerk, two part-time officers, and one part-time attendant.

Animal Services include, but are not limited to:
* Animal Rescue
* Complaint Investigation
* Animal Cruelty Investigation
* Animal Ambulance
* Animal Quarantine
* Limited Wildlife Management

For information about animal related laws, and schedule of infractions, see Animal Code at a Glance.

Shelter Services
The Ames Animal Shelter is a safe and humane place for the care of homeless, unwanted, lost, injured and many other animals, while owners are sought. At the Ames Animal Shelter we promise to love and care for the pets brought to us to the best of our abilities; we promise to make them as comfortable as possible in a difficult situation; we will work responsibly to maintain our 90%+ reclaim and adoption rate!

Animal Shelter Services include, but are not limited to:
* Responsible adoption programs
* Lost and found or wanted animal requests
* Seeking responsible owners
* Promotion of rabies vaccinations
* Promotion of alternatives to animal abandonment
* Promotion of spay/neuter
* Protective custody of animals
* Community education


This is an official Facebook page of the City of Ames Animal Shelter and Animal Control Division of the Ames Police Department. For more information about the City of Ames, please visit www.cityofames.org. This site is intended to serve as a mechanism for communication between the public and the Ames Animal Shelter on the listed topics, and as a forum to further the mission of the Division. Questions or comments can be addressed to Ron Edwards, Animal Control Supervisor at redwards@cityofames.org.

Terms of Use Guidelines
Comments posted to this page will be monitored and inappropriate content will be removed as soon as possible and without prior notice. We reserve the right to remove inappropriate content, including, but not limited to:
•obscene language or sexual content
•content that threatens or defames any person or organization
•content that incites violence or references killing anyone or anything
•content that violates the legal ownership interest of another party
•content that promotes illegal activity
•content that is repetitive or duplicative
•content that promotes commercial services or products or SPAM.
•content that promotes, foster, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, genetics, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or intellectual disability, or sexual orientation.
•content that is off-topic
•content that identifies personally identifying information including, but not limited to: email address, phone numbers, addresses, medical information, etc.
•content that is considered organized political activity

The City disclaims any and all responsibility and liability for any materials that the City deems inappropriate for posting, which cannot be removed in an expeditious and otherwise timely manner.

Before posting on our page, please review the following:
•For issues regarding the safety of an animal or if you feel the safety of a human is at risk due to an animal, please contact the Animal Control Officer at 515-231-1080 M-F 8am-8pm, Sat and Sunday 8am-5pm. For animal emergencies outside these hours, please contact the Ames Police Department at 515-239-5133
•For all other animal related concerns or questions, you can contact the Ames Animal Shelter at 515-239-5530.
•Do not use this page to make an animal control report. Please contact the animal shelter or animal control officer directly by phone at the numbers listed above
•This page is not continually monitored by employees of the Ames Animal Shelter.
•Posting information related to an animal investigation on this page is not deemed anonymous. You may be contacted by an Ames Animal Control Officer if you are a witness to an event under investigation.
•Any use of the "like" feature between the Ames Animal Shelter and a private person does not indicate endorsement of that person’s actions or comments.
•A posting on this page constitutes acceptance of these Terms of Use.