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August 2025

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Director Update - Pinal County Animal Shelter Pleads for Help with Overcrowding Issue

AZFamily channel 3 visited the shelter last month to spread awareness of the shelter's critical capacity. While at the shelter, several people were in the process of taking out dogs for foster or adoption, and they were interviewed as well.

"I think it is a combination of things colliding and making pet ownership harder and harder to maintain in this economy and housing market," remarked Audra Michael, Animal Care & Control Director, on the current shelter capacity crisis. Click on the video to learn more about the visit.

If you are interested in fostering or adopting, please reach out to animalrescue@pinal.gov or visit our website and click on 'Foster' to apply.

Despite PCACC being a NO-Kill facility, we still have to put out deadlines for dogs that are beyond stressed in our kennels, and Gunner, a small black Cane Corso, found himself on the latest deadline plea. What Gunner didn't know is that someone out there was watching and waiting for the right moment to adopt! Now, WHO adopted him is the best part of the story!

Gunner was adopted by a member of the Eloy Fire Department. We want to extend a huge thank you to the adopter and his team who came to show support for his new fur baby! This is what real support looks like. If only we had 100 other agencies come out to take a dog as well! This heartwarming story is why we do what we do. We couldn't ask for a better outcome. Thank you, Eloy Fire Department, we hope to see Gunner on a fire truck soon!

If you are interested in fostering or adoption, visit our website. This page features all the animals in our care and is updated hourly. Is there a new family member waiting for you? Come out and take a look!

Sidney and Blake started volunteering with the shelter in April of 2023. Sidney enjoys spending time at the shelter; she believes she makes a difference in the lives of the animals. Sydney does the laundry for the animals because it can become too much for the staff, and she loves to help. She especially enjoys the days when she can help in the cat room. Sidney feels that working with a great group of volunteers and staff is an excellent reward for her efforts.

Blake wasn't sure he could volunteer when he started. It took him a couple of months to get up the nerve, but once he started, it gave him a lot of pleasure to give the pups just a little sliver of hope in a terrible situation. His favorite thing is taking the dogs out for a burger and a shake! One thing that impresses Blake is the staff. "How dedicated everyone is to the dogs, especially the kennel techs." "To see them come in and clean and feed the dogs, this is something you don't see a lot of in today's society," remarked Blake.

Blake and Sidney have been a wonderful addition to our volunteer family! We extend our greatest thanks for their volunteer efforts!

Blake and Sidney (pictured left) and Blake and Sasha (pictured right) enjoying a burger and Ice Cream from Sonic. Sasha (A279133) is still available for foster or adoption!

PCACC is always looking for Public Dog Walker volunteers! This summer, we had a great turnout in volunteer participation. We had a few businesses come out to walk our fur babies and have some fun team building in the process!

First up, we had Texas Roadhouse Casa Grande come out to walk a ton of our dogs! Then came the ALA Football Team of Anthem - ages 15-18. They came out and walked all of the dogs they could, along with their coaching staff. They were such a fun group! Next, we had ACP Painting Co. from Maricopa come out and walk some of our dogs, giving them much-needed time out of their kennels! Last but certainly not least, BJ's Restaurant of Queen Creek came to our shelter and helped with dog walking and enrichment.

We appreciate all of these groups making the trek out to the shelter to volunteer! If you are interested in public dog walking, there is no sign-up necessary; you just show up between 6 and 9 a.m. any day of the week or weekend! If you are interested in public dog walks as a group, please email us at animalvolunteer@pinal.gov. We need to make sure we know when you are coming so we can staff accordingly. This program makes a huge difference in the lives of our dogs! 

Casa Grande Texas Roadhouse volunteer group

ALA Football Team Anthem volunteer group

ACP Painting volunteer group

BJ's Restaurant volunteer group

August's Pinal Pup of the Month is Ketchup (A280488). Ketchup loves to play with other dogs, but he can be a little forward when meeting them because he is so excited! He loves everyone he meets and is a playgroup rockstar.

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