RCACP - Regional Center for Animal Control and Protection - Roanoke, Va Area
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 in February 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 >
