Fairbanks North Star Borough Animal Control

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A Google User

I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND NOT ADOPTING FROM THIS SHELTER! I am a firm believer in shelters and giving dogs/cats a second chance. This shelter does an absolutely terrible job in regard to medical care. We adopted a dog here last year and was told she was up to date on all shots, had been spayed, and dewormed. Within the first few days she was having explosive diarrhea and at first we thought it was due to the transition of a new food. Then the vomiting began —she was completely infested with worms which created a big issue because we have 2 other dogs and cats. After about 10 days we noticed a consistent limp — she had a torn ligament in her knee and the shelter refused to admit any of this was a thing when we adopted her. Sure, MAYBE she tore her knee at our house playing but there is NO way she was ever treated for worms. The amount of worms in her vomit was sickening and she clearly had worms for a LONG time for the infestation to be THAT BAD. Now, as I sit in the parking lot writing this review we are waiting to return the boxer we just adopted yesterday. We were told he had some food allergies but otherwise was completely healthy, house broken, and had obedience training. The dog couldn’t be any sweeter but he has some SERIOUS underlying health issues — he is constantly peeing. Like uncontrollable, large volumes of urine every 20-30min that are completely clear. No matter the temperature he is constantly panting and obviously something is wrong. He is clearly dealing with some kind of hormone issue like diabetes or maybe even cancer or Cushing’s disease. To top that off, he’s showing very clear signs of kennel cough and when asking the shelter about it they said “you signed the papers he’s your responsibility now” and in the same sentence admitted another dog in the shelter has kennel cough but that he is “isolated”. So now we have to hope our other 3 dogs don’t get sick — one of which is a 16 year old senior dog. We could handle the kennel cough but not an undiagnosed metabolic condition or disease. Sending out sick animals to new homes is completely unacceptable!!! Long story short, this place is just funneling animals out like a for profit business and clearly neglecting doing any kind of real medical evaluation or treatment. Paying $200 to adopt a dog from a shelter (highest I’ve ever heard) is completely asinine when the animals are clearly not getting medical treatment. This place is a total disgrace of an “animal shelter”. I don’t usually promote a breeder over a shelter but this is not the place to get a new companion. Go elsewhere.

A Google User

Absolutely disgraceful shelter. My sister had to surrender her well loved dog here because of medical issues preventing her from taking care of her. They kept her one night and euthanized her the next day because she was making too much noise overnight, she squealed when she was excited or anxious but she was never an aggressive dog. No call. Nothing before they did this and gave us no chance to pick her back up. We would have kept her until we found a loving home for her ourselves if we had known that they never intended to find her a good home, something they had promised my sister. This shelter will tell you they want to find their animals a good home but have no hesitation killing them. Shameful and disappointing.

A Google User

They’re so bad they have to keep deleting their business page. In fact, if you check their 5 star reviews, they are almost all from profiles marked as a “Local guide” which is a nice way of saying they are paid reviewers. But unfortunately, some of us won’t forgive the fact they raffle their animals off rather than placing them with appropriate homes. They are a for profit business that takes in animals only to either sell them off or kill them.

A Google User

So in cities you'll find them chock full of nothing but pits and their cousins. Usually aggressive of some sort because SURPRISE they were selectively bred to be aggressive with hair triggers. I'm glad there are kill shelters that won't sit on bad dogs for months hoping to pawn it off on unsuspecting people. Likely labeled as a Lab mix to fool people even more.

A Google User

Wonderful experience again at fnsb animal shelter:). We brought our puppy and cat in to get chipped. Our vet quoted 300 for chips and we got both animals chipped for 30. The staff was highly efficient with dealing with our service, an incoming found dog, and a family looking to adopt. We were in and out within 15min. I made an appointment this morning which was very convenient to get same day service.

A Google User

I love animal control simply because every person working there is a deep animal lover and they really try hard for them. They do a really good job with education and adoption, I feel like most of their policies and procedures are really straightforward and they are thoughtful with them. The drop off kennels are so insanely helpful. I have found dogs all hours of the night that I wasn't able to take home because I have multiple dogs already, And it is such a piece of mind knowing that these dogs are safe and warm.

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Business Hours
Monday:14:00PM - 18:00PMTuesday:14:00PM - 18:00PMWednesday:14:00PM - 18:00PMThursday:14:00PM - 18:00PMFriday:14:00PM - 18:00PMSaturday:14:00PM - 18:00PMSunday:Closed

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible entrance
• Wheelchair accessible parking lot

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