Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center

09/06/2026

The shelter will be closed tomorrow, Monday, September 7th in observance of Labor Day. The shelter will reopen on Tuesday, September 8th at 1pm. For emergencies during this time, please contact Animal Control at 201-229-4616.

09/06/2026

Looking for an affordable and effective solution for rodent control? 🐀 Our career cats will work for food and shelter, and in return, they'll provide you with a rodent-free space! 😺 Please email or call us for more information. ⬇️
📞201-229-4600
📧[email protected]

09/05/2026

Teddy and Barbie (formerly Ositio and Talia) are settling into the adopted life with their mom. With assistance from they are learning manners in their new home 🏡 and enjoying all the toys they could wish for! Teddy especially loves to watch tv. 📺

We are so glad that they found mom who is patient and working on training with them.

09/05/2026

Zoey has been adopted! 🎉🐾❤️

Congratulations to her and her new dad!

09/05/2026

Ozzy was recently and adopted and is thriving in his new home! ❤🐾🐶

From his new family:
"Hi! He’s doing great and we renamed him Chase! We had the trainer Megan come this week and she was very helpful. He’s a very sweet boy and we love him so much!
Thank you so much for all of your help ."

09/05/2026

We love updates! Here is one on recently adopted Dolly-now Dior ❤ 🏡🐾

From her new family:
"Thanks for checking up. She's adjusting well. She loves playing fetch in the yard and has the energy of a puppy lol. We decided to call her "Dolly" . You can see she likes having my grandson visit. And thank you for helping us with adopting Dolly. "

09/04/2026

What a fantastic update on sweet little Chow Chow Mellow (now Melleaux, since she'll be living in New Orleans half the year): she is an EXTRAORDINARY dog. She is affectionate and obedient. We took her to the farmers market the other day, and she eagerly greeted everyone and wanted to play with every dog. She clearly loves us, and we love her right back.

09/04/2026

Last weekend's Clear the Shelters was a success! We were glad to see our adoption numbers nearly DOUBLE from last year's campaign, with 59 animals finding loving homes.

Thank you to the incredible staff and volunteers at the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center for their dedication to our furriest residents, and thank you to everyone who came out this weekend to help us Clear the Shelters!

The Bergen County Animal Shelter had a record-breaking "clear the shelter" weekend with 59 animals going to their forever homes.

09/03/2026

The shelter will be closing early at 3pm tomorrow, Friday, September 4th in observance of Labor Day. The shelter will reopen on Saturday, September 5th at 1pm. For emergencies during this time, please contact Animal Control at 201-229-4616.

09/03/2026

Zoey is available for adoption at the shelter ! Her fee is prepaid- what are you waiting for ?