Bell County Animal Shelter - Pineville, Kentucky

Sam S.

The folks here clearly love animals, and the cats look very content to be roaming here. Responsive to calls, and facebook messages. They keep current fliers posted for missing pets 💙 I adopted a kitten here and the process was thorough yet quick.

Karen B.

Patsy and Tammy keep the whole place moving. They do their best to do what's needed. The kennels are always clean. The cats and dogs are exceptionally cared for. These are a couple rescues I wished I could have kept.

T W.

I went there to get a voucher to get my 8 month old kitten fixed at the vet. They are partnered with Friends of the Shelter to help those in need to get get their furry loved ones spayed or neutered. I also adopted a beautiful Pitt/Lab mix dog in the fall of 2019, he is the most adorable big boy ever!

Susan G.

We are new to this area and wanted to learn about adoption and animal control. This facility is clean and well maintained. They are at capacity. They expressed a need for puppy and kitten food donations.

Janet D.

Went to get spay certificate on the 1st of April which was a Saturday. Lady came out & said they didn't give them out on weekends & it was on message on machine for shelter,not true. Myself and another lady told her it wasn't we had called it before coming. Lady got smart & told us we were lying it was in it. I got in my car & called shelter # AGAIN & it of course said nothing about weekends. I left a message telling her to listen to the outgoing message herself. I was livid at being accused of lying.

Dustin R.

Not sure how it is with their cats, but most of the dogs that are pure bred, calm natured, or even just pretty get sent to rescue within 24 hours after they arrive. As an example, at 4 pm a pair of collie mix pups were posted as available for adoption. Upon arriving at 9 AM (opening time) the next day, they had already been promised to rescue, and could not be adopted. The only ones left showed aggressive tendencies.

aarnik W.

Awesome place, awesome staff and animals are very well taken care.

Masked A.

Workers are great. People think that they just sit behind a desk when the animals come first, hence the answering machine. Your call will be returned, but you're not a priority over these animals. Considering most, if not all, the workers have adopted from the shelter, they take care of the animals like their own and see bad cases.

People will get mad at the shelter no matter what, thinking they do not follow the law considering they work for the county, and it's frustrating, wanting their wants met over the animals. The shelter can only do so much with what they're given, and if they could rescue every animal they would. Spay/neuter your animals and keep them leashed. There are so many dogs that just roam then pregnant females are brought to them because of the lack of time/funds/whatever to provide. They offer vouchers for spaying and neutering. Use it, make their job easier and a lot less heartbreaking when they have the same dog for 5 years.