Jersey City Animal Care & Control

18/08/2025

Our on scene Clear the Shelters 2025 event was a wonderful day in Jersey City!
Thank you to everyone who came out to support Jersey City’s animals.
Friends were made, adoptions were finalized, and a great time was had by all.
Thank you to our friends at K9dergarten for always being there for our animals.

Clear the Shelters continues with $25 adoptions for the rest of August.
Join us and help enrich the world one pet at a time.

17/08/2025

Clear the Shelters is ON!
Hey Jersey City, we are on the pedestrian plaza on Bay Street until 3pm today!

08/08/2025

Volunteering

In this run of photos you can clearly see how a shelter dog goes from slightly overwhelmed and hesitant to comfortable w a brand new handler and friend.

Photo #3 was the moment Cielo took the leap.

To love.

Maybe we should all spend more time considering that leap.
Is it possible that your life doesn't need more stuff, it needs more love?
If so, come see us. We can help

Volunteer
Foster
Donate
Adopt
Advocate

Choose your lane and make a difference.

"...and we think to ourselves, what a wonderful world..."

08/08/2025

18 months of hard work and dedication on the part of so many people.

The Administration
The Health Department
The Rescue Community
Our Shelter Partners
The Residents of Jersey City

We are far from done, but we know where we are going and how to get there.
Come to 235 Jersey City Boulevard and see what everyone is talking about.
Clear the Shelters is ON and ALL adoption fees are reduced to $25 for the month of August.

Jersey Citys no-kill animal shelter, honored by Best Friends Animal Society, offers adoptions, low-cost vet care & TNR. Adopt your new best friend today!

06/08/2025

Meet Rex, our AMAZING Pet of the Week!
We are currently in CLEAR THE SHELTERS!
Every Adoption Fee is REDUCED to $25 for the ENTIRE MONTH of AUGUST!!!!
Come on Jersey City, put a little love in your heart.

04/08/2025

TOMORROW IS Hill's Pet Nutrition Matching Challenge:

Starting Tuesday, August 5th, Hill's Pet Nutrition will be matching donations dollar for dollar up to $10,000. That means the first $10,000 raised across all participating organizations in the Clear The Shelters Fund will be doubled!

HILL'S WILL MATCH DONATIONS DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR!!

Clink the link below and help us make the 2025 mission even more successful than 2024!

We provide compassionate care for impounded animals at the shelter, as well as adoption, fostering and lost animal services to the community. For both stray and owned animals, we provide low cost spay and neuter programs. We endorse and encourage TnR services and co-existence with our indigenous NJ....

03/08/2025

Congratulations to Echo on finding his new furrever home!

02/08/2025

Conratulations Whispy on your new furrever home!

02/08/2025

From being in an animal shelter to sharing a home w your BFF.
Life is a journey and the most wonderful change might just be waiting right around the corner for you.
Don't stop believing.
Ever.
We are Jersey City Animal Care & Control

01/08/2025

Congratulations Winter on your new furrever family and new brother!