The Loudoun County Animal Shelter receives pets that must be given up by their owners due to extenuating circumstances. Animals are considered property in Virginia and if jointly owned, both owners will have to sign the surrender document. Please have the co-owner send a note with you if both owners cannot come to the shelter. Loudoun County policy gives you the right to reclaim your pet within 24 hours if you change your mind.

When you arrive, we will ask you to help us complete a personality profile on your pet. This information will help others interested in adopting the pet know about your pet’s habits, likes and dislikes, and can explain any problems that have been experienced with the pet. Personality profiles increase the likelihood that a pet will be adopted.

We cannot guarantee that the animal will be adopted, however, and will not inform you of the animal’s status if you later ask.

Note: §18.2-144.2 A , of the Code of Virginia states: "It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver or release any animal to a pound, animal shelter, or humane society, . . .or to any similar facility for animals, or any agent thereof, and to falsely represent to such facility or agent that such a person is the owner of the animal."