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What's New
Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes Gaining Attention.
On February 13th, the Best Friends Network online community posted an article on the City of Austin's Town Lake Animal Center's Animal Cruelty Prevention classes.
Click here to read the article.
Help Stop Animal Cruelty in Austin!
Take the City’s Animal Cruelty Identification and Reporting class.
PURPOSE: Developed in conjunction with the ASPCA, this Austin based Animal Cruelty Training is designed to teach participants how to identify and report animal cruelty.
WHO: All citizens are encouraged to take this class.
RELEVANCE: There’s a link between animal cruelty, domestic violence and other serious crimes. People who hurt animals often move on to hurt human beings. If you’re able to recognize and report animal abuse, you can help prevent cruelty from spreading throughout your community.
HOW TO REGISTER: Registration is required to attend the class. Please select the Classes/Training link in the links column above and complete the on-line registration form.
Help make Austin a Humane community for its animals and its people, join other concerned citizens in learning what you can do to help prevent animal cruelty.
Programs
Town Lake Animal Center provides a number of animal-related services to Austin and Travis County, including Animal Protection & Control, a Pet Lost & Found, Pet Adoptions, Pet Registration , and Rabies Quarantine.
Because the shelter accepts accept all animals, regardless of health or behavior, and because there is a significant problem of pet overpopulation in our community, the shelter does euthanize animals that have no other humane option for lifetime care.
Location
Map to TLAC
Town Lake Animal Center is at 1156 W. Cesar Chavez St. near downtown Austin, Texas, ZIP code area 78703. This is on the north side of Town Lake, between MoPac and Lamar Boulevard.
From MoPac, take the Cesar Chavez Street exit, then exit the ramp to the right and follow the access road back around and under the ramp. Take a left onto Reserve Road, which ends at the Shelter’s parking lot. There are green and white signs to guide you.
From South Lamar, take a right at the north end of the Lamar Bridge and loop around to get to westbound Cesar Chavez. Take the right fork off of Cesar Chavez just before the MoPac on-ramp, then take a right onto Reserve Road. Green and white signs are posted to help you find the shelter.
From North Lamar, take the first right just south of 5th street and head down to the traffic light at Cesar Chavez. Take a right, then take the right fork of Cesar Chavez just before the MoPac on-ramp, and take another right onto Reserve Road.
Mailing address:
Town Lake Animal Center
PO Box 1088
Austin, TX 78767
Hours of Operation
Shelter:
Monday - Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed City Holidays
Stray or unwanted animals can be safely dropped off at the shelter before or after hours in one of our overnight holding pens.
Animal Protection and Control:
Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
City Holidays, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Officers on-call overnight to respond to emergencies
Administrative Offices:
Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed City Holidays
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Town Lake Animal Center is the largest animal shelter in Central Texas, providing shelter to more than 23,000 animals each year and animal control services to all of Austin and Travis County. A division of the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department, the shelter is an open-intake facility - no animal will be turned away.