Monterey County Animal Services Salinas, California

A very nice facility staffed by people who obviously love animals and want the very best for them.

got a orange kitten named garfield here about a year ago he’s very healthy and playful

Everyone is very supportive and friendly. Please consider adoption instead of the backyard breeders in town.

My dog was missing when I finally found it on these people website they gave it away

Did not have rescue dogs

This is a terrific shelter to adopt a new rescue pet. My family has adopted 2 amazing dogs from this shelter. A long hair Chihuahua and a Yorkie mix. These dogs have been terrific and they are a vital part of our lives. The shelter staff were wonderful and very helpful. This agency also made a great the adoption process easy and they even provided training. But that was also long before Covid-19 and the precautions. This shelter is definitely a good place for anyone to find that perfect pet.

The care they take of their animals is fine, shelter is clean and the front desk staff are kind. Their animal control officers are a different story all together. Ive seen this older dog twice and he is the sweetest dog. Called twice, once was told that the office was closed and no officers were on duty. So he got left on the street, and now several weeks later, hes back. I called again, was told someone would come get him. Now i just spoke to the ONLY OFFICER ON DUTY and because she has 20 minutes left on her shift she isnt going to risk not being paid overtime for one dog. Her exact words. If you don't want to save animals, don't get into this line of work. I'm disgusted.

They found my kitty cat! ????

I got my kitty cat about a yr ago and the staff was amazing ???? Very professional and very friendly. I recommend them a 10 out of 10.

We've brought a few animals that we found on the street here. Everyone was very kind and professional. They work hard here and are great with all the fur babies. Thank you for your dedication to the animals in your care.

I've been waiting 10yrs to adopt never available at Hitchcock very unprofessional

The most kind hearted, animal loving people work right here in this wonderful facility. If you’re looking for unconditional love and a faithful companion animal, please stop here and let your heart be your guide. The staff will be happy to point you in the right direction.

I'm surprised I haven't rated sooner so here I am now ???? not to invalidate anyones review but my experiences there have always been great staff greets you when you walk in they have patience in answering your questions even when you have a ton of them like me, they do their job and i feel if I'm doing my own job in conducting myself well everything should go well. I dont have anything bad to say of them yet ????.

Courteous workers, clean place. Heartbreaking to see lots of animals there. This is the place, as well as the Salinas shelter, to find our pets. Adopted twice there, we won't go anywhere else.

I like to spend some free time here walking the dogs that are waiting for their forever homes ????❤

I adopted Chevy, my second male Corgi mix dog 10 years ago from this shelter. He’s a joy to have around and gets along with Chase his “brother”. A month ago, I adopted Zancho, my male Maine Coon cat from there.It was love at first sight and he follows me around the house and always wants to know what I’m doing. I love all my boys!!! The staff is wonderful and the manager is awesome! She helped me with the adoption process of my latest family addition. Thank you!!!

I tried multiple times to adopt a dog here. They never told me the right paperwork or what my other dogs needed in order to even meet another one. The weekday staff is so rude and unprofessional. Act as if you're wasting their time. They were very quick to try and turn me away multiple times

This shelter is very clean and the animals are well cared for. Staff is kind and caring and it shows in how the animals act. I recommend that you adopted from this shelter. They have great dogs !!!

I love dogs, looking for a permanent pet

Useless. Called to have an animal picked up . They wouldnt or couldnt. Ok . They asked me to keep it in my yard. No thats y i called . So they go to tell me ok just let the dog loose watever happens happens... wow!!!!!!!!!!! Trashhhhhhhhhhh . U would think being county they be more professional but hey ... they still keep salinas Incompetent people employed .

Great personal the ladies at the front desk are amazing and the rest of the staff are equally wonderful.

I adopted a wonderful terrier mix and the shelter staff were very patient with me as I visited every day until I could bring him home. They were very open to coordinating with my schedule in terms if when I could pick him up after he was neutered. Please know that the staff at the County shelter work very hard to provide the best customer service, and the best care to the animals in their shelter. Don’t forget they accept donations of food, toys, blankets, etc.

HORRIBLE!!! Drove from Monterey last Thursday, arriving @ 12:15 (15 minutes after the facility opened for viewing of animals) only to be told that they had closed access for 2 hours for cleaning! I made and appointment yesterday to bring my family to socialize with a prospective adoptable dog today. I took time off work and drove from Monterey and met my family there only to be asked "oh, didn't you see the sign?" referring to a sign posted on the entry door stating that it was not possible to see the dogs today because the farm next door was spraying. Somebody could have called since, NO, IN FACT, I COULD NOT SEE THE SIGN FROM MONTEREY!!!

We were lucky enough to find our dog here a little over two years ago. He was six months old and unfixed. They made us wait a week to pick him up while they neutered him free of charge, which was kind and responsible. Percy's been an incredible dog for us, and we're really glad we found the folks here.

Ive never been here????im just searching up the closest pounds around me cuz my mom gave my cats away and all i can do is cry i swear i cant sleep????????????????

The folks that I encountered working at this facility have been very nice, patient and supportive and spent time with me, helping me with all the wonderful dogs I was interested in. I have to say that the county needs to channel more money into this facility, its sad, nothing fun or creative, no nice yards for the dogs. Monterey County needs to work on a program to expose the dogs to the public more, take better, more creative, frontal view pictures of each dog (because you can barely even tell what a dog looks like on the web). Most of the dogs are beautiful but you would not know it by the pictures. They should have volunteers walk/socialize the dogs, provide some basic training for the dogs, give them a obedience certificate which will in turn make the dogs more desirable. Dont just put these sad dogs in a kennel and hope someone will adopt them. There are plenty of people who would volunteer their time. Also the facility should stay open longer than 5:00 PM and stay open on Sundays to give working people time to view dogs/cats. Who can get there by 5:00 PM? Not many. They should look at what other places are doing to get dogs exposed to the public and adopted. Look at Humane Society Silicon Valley for instance. Even the Salinas Humane Society or the Monterey SPCA has better pictures.

We had no problem, and got a wonderful dog that we absolutely love.

Unprofessional staff that will give your the runaround. Don't believe a word they say about a so called "waiting list". If possible, you should avoid this shelter.

Staff needs more training. Very unprofessional

Do you adopt pet here?