Galveston County and Cities – The Joe Vickery/Galveston County Animal Shelter located at 3412 Loop 197 North, Texas City will be temporarily closed to adoption services in order to make needed repairs and improvements.  The shelter will be closed to the public on Monday, June 2^nd through Wednesday, June 4^th and will reopen on Thursday, June 5^th at 11:00 am.  For anyone seeking a lost pet or anyone who needs to have an impounded pet released, the Animal Shelter is asking citizens to call the shelter in advance at 409-948-2485 to make future arrangements for pickup.  Animal Control field operations will operate as usual and anyone needing to report loose dogs, animal bites, etc. should continue to contact the shelter as usual.  We regret this temporary inconvenience which will allow us to make repairs and improvements to shelter operations in the future.

For More Information Contact:

Ronnie Schultz

Director of Environmental Health Programs

Galveston County Health District

(409) 938-2314

(409) 392-0024

rschultz@gchd.org