The City of Burleson Animal Services Division provides animal care and control services for residents living within the city limits of Burleson and animal adoption services to the greater Burleson Community. Animal Services responds to calls regarding stray animals, nuisance animals, animal bites, animal welfare, lost or found animals, and animal surrender or adoption.

For information on animal control services outside the city limits of Burleson, please contact the offices of the town or county you reside in.

The Burleson Animal Shelter is located at 1695 John Jones Drive (FM 731, approx. 1.1 miles southeast of SH 174). This facility is open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Shelter is closed to the public on Sunday and Monday and on all city holidays. The phone number to contact animal services is 817-447-5426. For after-hours animal emergencies, call the Burleson Police Department at 817-295-1118. If you have been bitten by an animal or have an injured animal, an animal control officer will be dispatched to assist you. For any other animal emergencies, the police will have animal services contact you so that you can further describe the nature of your request to the animal control officer directly.

Animal Surrender

If you have a stray that wandered into your yard or a family pet you can no longer care for, the Burleson Animal Shelter can help .  People who reside within the corporate city limits of Burleson may surrender animals to the shelter so the staff can take steps to get them appropriate care.  When animals are surrendered, the information the owner/guardian provides to the staff help s ensure that the animals are given appropriate care and matched with the right families.  In order to surrender an animal to the Burleson Animal Shelter, residents need to complete an Animal Surrender Form and turn it in to the staff when the animal is delivered to the shelter.  Owners may fill out the form at the shelter or print one of the forms below and have the information completed before they visit the shelter:

People who live outside Burleson’s corporate city limits and wish to surrender an animal need to take the animal to the shelter in their city.  County residents may take their animals to the Humane Society of North Texas shelter in Fort Worth or F ort Worth Animal Care and Control .  HSNT can be reached at 817-332-4768 or www.hsnt.net.  Fort Worth Animal Care and Control can be reached at 817-392-3737 or www.fortworthgov.org.

Lost and Found Pets

The shelter staff maintains a list of all the animals reported missing or found. When calling to report a missing pet, please leave the following information: owners' name, address, contact phone numbers, and a description of the pet. Please also include any identification tag numbers the pet may be wearing. From the information you provide, we will place your lost or found pet on our list. It is extremely important that anyone with a missing pet come by the shelter and view the animals here at least once every 72 hours while the pet is lost.

Join our Volunteer Program

Animal Shelter Volunteer Orientation

Are you looking for a way to volunteer in your community?  Do you have a soft spot for cats and dogs?  If the answer to either question is YES, then you should consider becoming an Animal Shelter Volunteer!  Volunteer orientation sessions are held regularly.  These are information sessions to explain the volunteer opportunities available.  There is no obligation to volunteer if you attend, but all who want to volunteer will be required to attend orientation.  Food and drinks will be provided to participants.  For more information about becoming a shelter volunteer, call 817-447-5426. 

Look here to find your purrfect volunteer job:

• Animal Care: help out with grooming to get our animals looking their best for prospective families.

• Doggone Walkers: help keep our dogs socialized and exercised.

• Cat Caretakers: help keep our feline friends petted and loved.

• People Care: assist with adoptions, intake of animals, answering phones, and greeting the public.

• Shelter Care: help provide maintenance and improvements to the shelter, including cleaning and organizational activities.

• Resource Development: help raise funds needed for vaccines, food, comfort items, vet care, etc. Also, helping develop and implement community outreach programs.

• Foster parents: help animals find new homes by offering them temporary housing outside of the shelter environment.

Click here to email to sign up or to ask questions.

Other Animal Care Agencies

There are some services the Burleson Animal Shelter cannot offer to those who live outside the Burleson City limits. If you live outside of Burleson, the following agencies may be able to assist you with Animal Services:

Shelter Animals’ Wish List

The Burleson Animal Shelter takes pride in being able to offer “comfort items” to every animal that comes through the door.  It help s make their time in the shelter more pleasant and help s the staff learn more about the animals’ behavior, thus aiding in adoptions.  The shelter staff welcomes donations of the following items year-round.

These comfort items are particularly help ful during times of extreme weather conditions, when the animals are unable to spend as much time outside.  Shelter staff will be happy to answer questions about the usefulness of other items that anyone may wish to donate.  Call 817-447-5426.