Mobile County Animal Control
The primary responsibility of Mobile County Animal Control is to impound animals roaming at large without a current rabies tag. This is required by Alabama law to protect the health and safety of our citizens as well as the animals. Most of the dogs and cats picked up are abandoned animals left to their own resources to survive on the streets. These animals live in harsh environmental conditions, scavenging for food and subjected to serious illness and injury. We are required to pick up these animals and place them on a seven-day hold that would allow an owner, if there is one, to reunite with them.
About 3,000 animals a year come into the custody of the Mobile County Animal Shelter. Many are the strays that are picked up. But a growing number of the animals are relinquished by their owners who are unable or unwilling to care for them any longer. Unfortunately, there are many more animals abandoned in Mobile County than there are homes to adopt them. Please Opt-To-Adopt! There is no more loving or loyal pet than a shelter animal.