RCACP - Regional Center for Animal Control and Protection - Roanoke, Va Area
**PLEASE NOTE**
The Western Virginia Water Authority began a project on Baldwin Avenue in front of the buildings that house the Roanoke Valley SPCA and the Regional Center for Animal Control & Protection in November, 2011. It is likely that the project will not be completed until June, 2012.
If you have business to conduct at the the Regional Center for Animal Control & Protection - reclaiming a lost or stray pet, relinquishing a pet, meeting one of the available pets, etc. - you will be able to access the facility despite the construction. At no time will the parking lot to the RCACP be inaccessible.
- Turn onto 13th Street from Orange Avenue and drive around the "Road Closed to Through Traffic" sign along Tinker Creek. Take a sharp left at the end of the road, bringing you onto Baldwin Avenue. The Roanoke Valley SPCA is located on the left at the top of the hill. You may park in the RVSPCA parking lot and take the sidewalk to the RCACP facility, or you may park in the small lot between the two buildings, if if is available, to gain entrance to the RCACP.
- The parking lot of the RCACP can be reached by driving down Baldwin Avenue toward the building and following the road cones onto a make-shift lane to the entrance of the parking lot.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
The Regional Center receives stray and owner relinquished animals from Roanoke City, Roanoke County, Botetourt County and the Town of Vinton.
The Regional Center for Animal Control and Protection serves the City of Roanoke, the Counties of Botetourt and Roanoke, and the Town of Vinton, and is an “open intake facility”. The Regional Center primarily handles stray animals picked up by the Animal Control Officers employed by the municipalities, but also accepts strays found, and animals owned, by citizens of the municipalities. Each year the Regional Center receives between 7,500 and 8,000 animals. more >
Click below for more info on the localities. To contact animal control officers for your area, click on the link to the appropriate police department for your area.
City of Roanoke City of Roanoke Police
Roanoke County Roanoke County Police
Botetourt County Botetourt County Sheriff
Town of Vinton Town of Vinton Police
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Check out our new Lost & Found Community Bulletin Board
Has your pet strayed away from home? Post a notice on our new Lost & Found Community Bulletin Board and increase the chances of finding your pet.
Has someone's lost pet taken up residence in your back yard? Post a notice on our Bulletin Board and help him get back home again. more >-
Advisory Board
The operation of the Regional Center for Animal Control & Protection is overseen by an advisory board, consisting of representatives from the four municipalities served by the Regional Center and the Roanoke Valley SPCA. Meetings of the Advisory Board are held in the Regional Center conference room.
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Identification is the key
The Roanoke Valley SPCA sponsors quarterly microchipping clinics, open to the public for a nominal fee. The next clinic will be held on a date to be determined. Check their website - rvspca.org - for more details. Roughly 1 in 3 pets will be lost at some point in their lives. Of those, only 10% ever make it back home. All pets, including cats, should have more >
