" Help Us Help Them " To provide a comfortable, safe and healthy environment for the abandoned, surrendered, abused, unwanted and lost animals in our community while exerting every effort to locate kind and caring “forever” homes for them.

Winnsboro Animal Shelter
835 Hope Lane
Winnsboro TX 75494
Tel: 903-342-3400
Monday – Friday, 8am – 4pm
Animal Control Officer: Ruben Purcell



Winnsboro Animal Shelter History

In 1997, the City of Winnsboro planned and built a 1700 square foot animal shelter to handle the increasing volume of neglected and unwanted animals. The shelter was started with a $10,000.00 donation and opened, and continues today, as a certified quarantine facility and is inspected annually by the State of Texas Health Department. The shelter is located on 5 acres of land to allow for growth. Two other Texas cities have used the Winnsboro Shelter plan as a model for their shelters, Jefferson and Bonham, Texas.

The Shelter currently has 15 indoor dog runs (eight runs measure 3’ x 8’, seven runs measure 3’ x 5’) and 9 feline cages. The shelter handles approximately 1000 – 1200 plus animals each year.

The Shelter quarantine/exam room has just been updated with a 5 unit stainless steel cage bank and a stainless steel exam table. Funds for these items came from the annual garage sale that we have in the spring.

In 2010, approximately 70% of the Shelter animals were adopted, 20% were moved to other shelter programs in East Texas and Colorado and 10% were euthanized due to illness or injury. The Shelter is working to increase the adoption percentage within the area thru advertising and promotions.