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​Responds to calls and aids in the rescuing of abandoned, sick or injured or stray animals.

Offers to Help find homes for adoptable animals No animal is ever turned away from the shelter regardless of health, age, breed, or temperament.

All pets for adoption will be spayed/neutered before leaving the shelter, are current on all age-appropriate vaccines and microchipped and tested for heartworms (dogs) or FELV (cats).

Macon County Animal Control has a veterinarian on staff.

Provides low-cost veterinary services for any animal. Services include spay/neuter, necessary vaccines, FIV tests, heartworm tests, microchipping, flea and tick medication, and heartworm medication.

Provides a non-profit, no-kill animal rescue and shelter. Also provides spay and neuter services for owned dogs and cats on Wednesdays.

Provides a a no-kill shelter and rescue for homeless, injured, neglected, or surrendered animals. Provides care and rehabilitation for the animals housed at the shelter. Services include animal adoptions and low cost spay and neuter program.

Provides shelter to homeless animals and places suitable animals in new homes through an adoption program. Services also include dog training, low-cost spay/neuter programs, and a variety of humane education programs. 

Provides a dog rescue devoted to saving canines in need. Programs include adoption program, foster program, and home to home program, as well as humane investigation (abuse and neglect of dogs). All of the dogs are in foster homes and people must make an appointment and complete the adoption application before adopting. To view available dogs, see the website.

Provides low cost spay/neuter services for cats whose owners are low-income or college students.

Provides assistance for stray cats and dogs, barking dogs, biting incidents, and the capture of domestic or wild animals posing a health or safety threat.

Provides veterinary care for (veterinary exam, core vaccinations, spay/ neuter services, microchipping, worming), and finds permanent adoptive homes for homeless dogs.

All dogs are housed in foster homes.

Responds to calls and aids in the rescuing of abandoned, sick or injured or stray animals. provides adoption services.

Provides a no-kill facility. Primary goals are to reduce pet overpopulation and find forever  homes for the sick, injured, abused, neglected, and abandoned animals in Decatur and Macon County that come into the facility.

Offers discount spay/neuter program year round to low income, unemployed pet owners, senior citizens, and qualifying persons in need.

TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) program for feral cats helps to reduce cat overpopulation.

Provides various veterinary services, from vaccinations and wellness care to surgery and diagnostic services.

Houses city and county stray dogs and cats and offers an adoption program for them. See the website for services and animals available for adoption.

Offers a number of low-cost Vaccine and Microchip Clinics throughout the year that offer rabies and distemper vaccines along with microchips and a basic wellness exam. Visit the website for upcoming clinics.

Also offers walk-in microchipping. See time hours of operation for times. 

Provides many animal services to the county. Animal Control involves the humane capture of loose animals and enforcement of state and county laws pertaining to animals.

Provides a safe haven for those animals who no longer have homes such as those that are strays, runaways, and those seized due to inhumane treatment or cruelty investigations.

Provides the necessary veterinary treatments and social interactions to get them on their way to getting a new owner.

A no-kill animal shelter that provides shelter, care, and suitable homes for animals when possible. Other programs include:

- Animal Assisted Therapy: brings pets to residents of nursing facilities, assisted living, Alzheimer's Centers, and residential disability centers.

- Dog Bite Prevention Education: visits schools and other groups to teach children the basics of animal behavior and how to avoid getting bitten by dogs and cats.

- Continuing Care: provides shelter and care for pets if their owners become unavailable to care for them.

- Arm Chair Adoptions: Individuals who are unable to care for a pet in their home can "adopt" a pet that lives at the animal shelter, and the individual receives letters and photos of their pet.

Promotes the humane treatment of hooved animals through education, legislation, investigation and, if necessary, legal intervention (impoundment). Also provides physical rehabilitation to animals that have endured severe neglect and abuse and then facilitates adoption to compassionate homes.

Animals targeted are: horses, sheep, goats, llamas, and pot-belly pigs.

Provides testing for residential wells and water quality, radon and lead, home/facility and food inspections, and a spay/neuter program for pets, as well as health education. Also manages an injury surveillance and prevention program including instruction on Tai Chi and Yoga.

Visit the website to download the Pet Information Form or Application To Operate a Temporary Food Establishment, or to view the Requirements for Food Establishment Operations.

The Pottawattamie County Animal Control Services office is located at 600 South 4th Street, Council Bluffs, IA 51503.

Upholds the County regulations for licensing animals, investigates complaints, and works to ensure the safety of the public and pets from communicable diseases and dangerous strays.

Investigates stray animals, bite incidents, rabies symptoms, and neglect or abuse.

Works with the community to identify animals in distress, at risk, or who are a disturbance. It is the goal of the animal control division to return animals to their owners in all appropriate cases or to move animals to a safe shelter environment.