Animal Care Services

San Antonio Animal Care Services and the San Antonio Fire Department are installing free, 24-hour pet microchip scanning stations at 11 fire stations and the Animal Care Services campus to help residents reunite lost pets with their owners.

The department’s budget has increased by about 76% since a deadly mauling in 2023. Some aren’t sure whether the investment is making a dent.

The ordinance, which approves penalties between $500 and $2,000 for abandoning animals, was approved 10-1, with only the mayor voting against it.

Three council members are calling to put a proposed animal abandonment ordinance back on next week's agenda after Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones removed it this week.

City San Antonio Animal Care Services is transporting long-term animals from the Williamson County Regional Shelter to San Antonio to create space for incoming flood displaced animals. The animals leave San Antonio on Friday.

The county explained in a statement that Animal Control and the Animal Facility will team up under the new name: Bexar County Animal Care.

Animal Care Services Director Jonathan Gary said the agency was on track to reach its goal of responding to 100% of critical response calls by early 2026.

The new clinic is part of Animal Care Services' goal to sterilize 40,000 pets per year.

Pets previously registered through the Austin-based Save This Life may be at risk of not being identified if they become lost. The Texas ID company recently shuttered its operations.

The new spay and neuter clinics will open soon on the city's East and West sides.