Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter
4.4 from 807 reviews
Address 5843 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA 23605
Phone Number +17579338900
Description The Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter (PRAS) is a collaborative venture supported by four separate Hampton Roads communities: Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson, and York County. This 30,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility is managed and operated by the City of Newport News on behalf of the four jurisdictions. This "open-admission" shelter contains a full service veterinary clinic for the shelter animals and has capacity for approximately 100 dogs and 180 cats, as well as pocket pets and other small companion animals. The shelter's primary responsibilities include holding stray animals until they can be reunited with their owners, rehoming owner-surrendered pets, and facilitating pet adoptions. The shelter also houses animal control
Angela Dawn
We went there this past weekend to look at the dogs they had. My wife and I wanted a new sister for other other babies. We fell in LOVE with Daisy! She is sweet, gentle, lovable, a couch potato, and gets along great with her sisters. They can't even be separated at bathtime. The only thing I would say about the shelter is they need more volunteers to help with daily care like cleaning runs, exercise, and playtime. I honestly wanted to adopt more but I don't have the room, yet! Once I do I will definitely return to this shelter for more fur babies. Thank you so much for this beautiful baby that will spend the rest of her life with us.
Stephanie Schitea (Steph)
We had the pleasure of adopting Echo on Dec 30th. I wanted to write this review to bring awareness to how wonderful this shelter is-it was clean and staff were relatively friendly and conscientious of the animals within their care! We'd visited another one in Chesapeake and just hadn't connected with any of the dogs there but here came Echo! We hadn't fully expected to adopt that day but couldn't bring ourselves to leave without her, so we rearranged our lives and rushed to Costco and Petco to get what we needed to bring her home! My only request regarding improvement would be to please ensure your establishment has thorough notes on aftercare if the pet has any health issues that you'll be needing to keep an eye on. In our case, Echo had just been spayed and notes stated that while under anesthesia, the DVM noticed an anal abscess that had ruptured and performed wound care. The woman who was handling Echo while we visited, however, had stated that Echo had anal gland surgery--wound care versus surgery are two very different things. So, when I got home and gave her a bath, I noticed that she had some drainage from the site and was kind of anticipating stitches, so I was concerned that there were no aftercare instructions provided by the DVM within her file aside from documentation of what had occurred under anesthesia. But, all of this was easy enough to navigate and maintain until her complimentary vet appointment, so it really wasn't a major concern to me. It might be to someone else, though, which is why I'm mentioning it here! Verbal instructions are not enough. You need to include the aftercare in paperwork to cover everybody involved! Echo has adjusted so quickly into our family and for that, we are truly grateful for having the honor of bringing her into our family for the rest of her life!
Sirena Moore
The only reason it gets a 4 is due to the wait time . The two times I’ve come to adopt from here they took over 20/30 minutes . Nobody checked in during that time or provided an update . However , the handler that helped me with Astro & Laila ( now Luna ) , was as sweet and gentle as can be . Also very knowledgeable about transition to home & future cat care ! My two fur babies are well loved and socialized . They’ve been home for a year now and thriving well . ❤️
Barbara Davis
We adopted this lovely girl one day after her first birthday. Her name was Tana but we changed it to Serenity. We brought her home in May. The adoption process was very easy. We did a meet and greet there and decided we wanted to bring her home. Serenity is a beautifully natured girl. This will be the last home that she goes to because this is her forever home. What a beautiful way to expand our family. God Bless.
Dynamis
This shelter looks super nice. It has a lot of animals and does some.great things for the community. We visited multiple shelters in the area and this is by far the nicest of them all. However, the staff were not welcoming and somewhat rude. It was very off putting. There were at least 5 people at the front desk, of which only one of them actually acted like they cared. We waited for 45 minutes to interact with one of the animals that we were interested in adopting. We finally had to leave becuase we had to pick up my daughter from school. The staff were visibly offended that we wasted their time! I actually had to say "I'm sorry but we didn't know it was going to take this long and I don't beleive that you aren't understanding that my 12 year old is more important than what we are doing right now". Then another staff member took over and said we understand, please come back if you decide you want to adopt! Needless to say, we did rescue an animal but we adopted it from the other newport news location!
Midnight Bandit
Be aware of this place, it's a place that will break your heart. Next thing you know you've adopted a fur buddy. Adopted 2 beautiful cats with personality out of this world, Adopted strawberry on Saturday and went back the following Saturday and adopted Dali. Now they've taken over the house. Adopt if you can, please.
Business Hours
Monday:08:00AM - 17:00PMTuesday:08:00AM - 17:00PMWednesday:08:00AM - 17:00PMThursday:08:00AM - 17:00PMFriday:08:00AM - 17:00PMSaturday:08:00AM - 17:00PMSunday:08:00AM - 17:00PM
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- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
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