Lexington-Fayette Animal Care & Control, LLC (LFACC) is contracted annually with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to provide the government’s mandated animal control services. Located at 1600 Old Frankfort Pike in Lexington, Kentucky, the LFACC shelter receives and cares for over 11,000 stray, abandoned, and relinquished pets every year. LFACC operates 365 days a year to protect the animals and serve the community.

Every day, the dedicated staff of LFACC:

• Enforces local and state animal laws
• Provides lost and found services
• Provides safe shelter and care to stray and homeless animals
• Conducts animal cruelty investigations
• Provides emergency rescue services
• Manages the city’s pet licensing program
• Promotes responsible pet ownership

For more LFACC information, click on any of the links to the left or Contact Us.

A LICENSED PET IS A LEGAL PET

LFACC makes licensing your pet even easier - CLICK HERE for more info!

Winter Care Tips!

When the temperature (and the snow) begins to fall, you'll find that your pet needs a little extra care from you. Click here for more information on how to keep your pet safe!

Pets Need To Be Prepared Too!

These helpful tips can keep you and your pets safe when disaster strikes!

"Family pets are often overlooked in disaster planning", said Stephanie Gittinger, AmeriCorps: VISTA volunteer and KYEM Shelter Coordinator."However," she said, "recent disasters have taught us this is an important and much needed component of disaster planning."

What to Do When You find a Baby Animal

Before you do anything, make sure you do not touch the babies with your bare hands and read the information below to determine if the babies are truly orphaned. If you have any questions, please contact Lexington-Fayette Animal Care & Control at (859) 255-9033.

Mother rabbits will stay out foraging for food for long periods of time and only return to the nest twice a day to feed babies. Mother rabbits also will not approach the nest if they sense someone is watching. Your “orphaned” babies might actually have a very well-hidden mother quietly watching nearby.

Please follow these steps and don’t assume you need to rescue the babies immediately:

• If the babies are not injured, try to cover them up with the original nesting if it is available. Do not touch the babies while covering them up. (Pictured: Rabbit nest with baby bunnies.)

• If you do not see the original nesting material, cover them lightly with grass and leaves.

• Find two twigs and gently place an X across the top of the nest.

• If you have left the nest alone for several hours and the twigs have been moved, then the mother has been there and tended to those babies!

• If you have stayed completely away from the nest and the twigs are still in the same place after checking two times—once in the morning and once at night— then you will need to contact Lexington-Fayette Animal Care & Control or a wildlife rehabilitator for advice.

**Sadly, a very low percentage of baby wildlife removed from their nest will survive. And while it is difficult to walk away and leave the babies in their nest unattended, their best chance at survival is for them to stay where their mother left them.

PLEASE NOTE: baby wildlife of any species (birds, squirrels, raccoons, etc.) should never be touched with your bare hands! Oils from your skin transfer to the baby's feathers or fur, and as a result the mother
will reject the baby. If you must move a baby, use gloves to prevent direct contact.

CATS! CATS! CATS!

Please help our feline friends

LFACC is dedicated to helping cats in our community. With your help and through community education and prevention of unwanted litters, we are working to reduce the number of cats and kittens roaming the streets and entering our shelter.

Important Cat-Facts You Should Know:

• LFACC expects to receive over 5,300 cats and kittens this year.
  
• Nearly 4,000 will be received during the spring and summer months.
• Less than 3% will be reunited with their owners.
• While we try to provide the best sheltering possible, cats and kittens have trouble adjusting to a shelter environment.
  
• Cats can reproduce at the age of six months and can give birth to multiple litters in a year!