Adoption Procedures

Adoption

Little Rock Animal Village

4500 Kramer Street
Little Rock, AR 72204
Ph: (501) 376-3067

For questions about animals at the shelter, adoption, fostering, or stray animals, please CALL the Animal Village at (501) 376-3067, or pay them a visit at 4500 Kramer Street, Little Rock, AR 72204.

When you are ready to adopt, the LRAV policy is first come, first served, meaning that you cannot reserve an animal for adoption. Animals can be adopted in person from the Village during adoption hours on or after the animal’s available date. Click here to fill out and submit an adoption application online. Online applications received before noon on an animal's available date will be considered after any in-person applications that are submitted between 11am and noon that day.

Be sure to have the adoptable animal's ID number handy so that LRAV will know which dog or cat you are interested in meeting. When considering an animal for adoption, we encourage you to take him or her out of the kennel area. For dogs, you may take them to our outside enclosure—they love that! Please be aware that when they are comfortable in a home, they will relax, and their personality will be different than while in the shelter. If you'd like to see how your own pet(s) interact with an LRAV animal, the facility has separate inside and outside enclosures that you may use to introduce them.

It is a state law that an animal can not leave a shelter until sterilized [Arkansas Code 20-19-103 I (1)].

Adoption Fee: $90

Veterinary services included for Dogs

First exam; Worm check; Worming (if necessary); First vaccinations; Rabies inoculation (city license purchase is not included); First antibiotics; Spay or Neuter; Heartworm check; and Worming (if necessary).

Heartworm treatment for heartworm positive dogs can also now be provided at no cost to adopters thanks to the FAV Heartworm Fund. *Adopters must be able to bring their new best friend to the vet clinic that provides this treatment for us, which is located in Little Rock.*

Veterinary services included for Cats

First exam; Worm check; Worming (if necessary); First Vaccinations; Rabies Inoculation (city license purchase is not included); First antibiotics; Spay or Neuter; Feline leukemia exam; and Feline FIV (for older cats).

Click here to view the adoption application.

For more information, we encourage you to contact the Little Rock Animal Village. They’re always happy to help!

Out-of-Area Adoption & Foster

If you are unable to come to the Animal Village to adopt and thus need help with transport, you must go through a local rescue group. One of the following local groups may be able to assist you. Please don't forget to provide the LRAV animal ID number when you reach out to them.

If you are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, you may be able to "rescue pull" animals directly from LRAV. The LRAV requirements are:

Provide LRAV with proof of your organization's 501(c)(3) status.
Provide LRAV with a copy of your organization's mission statement (which details your organization's purpose to rescue animals).
You must have a local representative (in Pulaski County, Arkansas).

If you do not meet these requirements, contact one of the local rescue groups to assist you. Please don't forget to provide the LRAV animal ID number. Note that for rescue groups, as well as adopters, all animals must be sterilized—there are no exceptions. When Little Rock Animal Services is contacted for rescue, the animal is then scheduled for sterilization. The animal can usually be picked up between 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM on the date of the sterilization.

For more information, contact Symmone at the Little Rock Animal Village: (501) 376-3067.