Animal
Control & Shelter
Sitka Police Department
SITKA ANIMAL SHELTER MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Sitka Animal Shelter and the Sitka Animal Control Division is to improve the quality of life in the City and Borough of Sitka by providing safety to the citizens and animals, preserving the health of the citizens, and care of the animals.
The Sitka Animal Shelter provides a comprehensive and compassionate service to the animals of Sitka, temporary care and safe shelter, placement and education for the dignity and well being of all animals, and to respect wildlife.
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Animal Control Services
The Sitka Animal Control Department is a division of the Sitka Police Department. Animal Control is responsible for upholding and enforcing regulations (ordinances) regarding the treatment and control of animals in the City and Borough of Sitka. Animal Control ordinances serve three purposes: 1) protection of people, 2) protection of property, and 3) protection of animals.
Animal Control means not only protecting people from the nuisance of roaming, uncontrolled animals, but also protecting pets and wild animals in their habitats.
Animal control solutions begin with people
There is one Animal Control Officer currently working through the Sitka Police Department. The ACO is also responsible for the Sitka Animal Shelter functions
Animal Control Services include, but are not limited to:
- Animal rescue
- Compliant investigation
- Animal cruelty investigation
- Animal Ambulance
- Animal quarantine
- Limited wildlife management
Shelter News;
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| Groundbreaking | Cement pour | Frame work |
Saturday April 26 the new additions was sealed up for security
We've had such a run of good weather construction is zipping right along. Some design flaws held construction up a little. As you can see the exhaust fan is almost riding on the roof of the new addition. But the two gentlemen working on the addition were able to "buck-up" and make some corrections to the blue prints and here we are, ready for the roof and siding. Let it rain.
This visitation room is desperately needed as there is no area currently at the shelter to meet with an animal someone is thinking of adopting. We are using the hallway to meet with cat's and most dogs are taken outside during any kind of weather to meet with prospective adopters. With all of the distractions of traffic in the hallway and outside activities to distract a dog, rarely is a bond met and many animals are overlooked because they don't show any interest in the person meeting it. This room will have a couch and a couple of chair's in it to simulate a home setting. When an animal is relaxed it will show it's "true colors" as far as its personality, and that is what a new owner is looking for, "Will this animal fit in at our home."
The Fran Edgcomb Visitation Room will also be utilized as a room for our semi i-annual rabies clinics and dog washes we provide to the community, and will also have an area for much needed storage which wasn't included in the original plans when the shelter was built in 1996.
Some of the funds were also from donations ranging from penny collections in an elementary class, fifth grade annual Christmas donations to other more substantial memorial donations. No funds are being taken out of the Sitka General Fund, but strictly from money donated directly to the Sitka Animal Shelter.
(The construction will be updated at this site as we progress.)
Critter Corner: a view by Officer Nancy Buckmaster
SPRING DOG WASH AND RABIES CLINIC
JUNE 7, 2008 9am-12pm
Sitka Animal Shelter
The Sitka Animal Shelter and Sitka Mountain Rescue K-9 Unit will be conducting the Annual Spring Dog Wash and Rabies Clinic at the Sitka Animal Shelter.
When you purchase a current City dog license, a rabies vaccination will be given FREE. A 5-in-one Parvo vaccination will be offered for $5.00
Sitka Mountain Rescue K-9 Unite will be conducting a dog wash at the same time.
Small Dogs Washed- $ 5.00
Med Dogs Washed - $10.00
Lg. Dogs Washed - $15.00
All proceeds from the dog wash will go to benefit the training and travel of the K-9 Unit of Sitka Mountain Rescue.