Animal Care and Command

Lexington-Fayette Animal Intendance & Control (LFACC) provides the urban center's creature care and control services on behalf of LFUCG through an annual contract agreement. Each year, the LFACC shelter receives approximately 10,000 stray, abased and relinquished animals every year. The shelter is open 365 days a year to protect the animals of Fayette County and serve the community.

Below is a list of local ordinances with helpful resources and tips. You lot can also visit, LFACC's official website at lfacc.org

Devious dogs and cats

Stray dogs are held at the LFACC shelter for a minimum of five days and cats for a minimum of three days, in the hopes that their owners will reclaim them.

Lost pets

Owners of lost pets should visit the LFACC shelter every bit soon as possible to run into if their pets accept been brought in past a skilful citizen or rescued by an Beast Command Officeholder. Empathise that nosotros cannot identify your pet over the phone; you must come up to LFACC in person to expect for your pet. To help identify your pet, bring a color photograph. Also, delight bring proof of your pet's current rabies vaccination, urban center license and spay/neuter (if applicable).

Fines and other fees can be paid by cash or credit card. If your pet has not already been spayed or neutered at the time of fee payment, you will have the option to take your pet altered for $50 in lieu of paying higher "unaltered redemption" fees.

If your lost pet is not in our intendance, please utilize LFACC's online lost and establish pet listing in between your visits to the LFACC shelter. This listing, consummate with photos, of lost and found Fayette Canton animals tin can be constitute under the "Lost & Found Pets" tab at lfacc.org.

Animal licensing

All dogs and cats must be licensed annually starting at vi months of age, and rabies vaccinated at four months of historic period. Proof of rabies vaccination is required.

  • License for an altered (spayed or neutered) dog or cat is$8.
  • A license for an unaltered domestic dog or cat is$40. ($25 of this fee goes straight into the LFUCG Spay & Neuter Fund.)
  • A license is skilful for 12 months.
  • Dogs and cats must wear their license and rabies tags at all times.
  • Assistance dogs are exempt from almanac licensing.
  • There are 3 ways to purchase or renew a pet license.
    • Veterinarian offices – visit lfacc.org for a complete list of participating offices
    • LFACC office – Licensing is available in the LFACC office six days a week. Mon – Saturday noon – half dozen p.chiliad.; Closed on Sunday.
    • Mail service-in license (renewal only) – visit lfacc.org, impress and complete 1 application for each pet. Add $1 treatment/postage to the application license fee of $8 or $40. Post completed application, proof of rabies vaccination, proof of spay/neuter (if applicable) and check or credit menu payment (no out-of-county checks accepted) to LFACC.
  • ​​​​​Rabies vaccination with license purchase is $10 plus taxation.

Kennel license

If yous own eight or more dogs, you demand to apply for a kennel license through LFACC. The almanac license is $135, and all dogs must be current on their rabies vaccinations and city licenses.

Leash law

All dogs in Fayette County must exist on a ternion, behind a debate or on the canis familiaris owner's property under the owner'south supervision at all times when outside. Dogs cannot run-at-large, even under voice command, and they must vesture their current license and rabies tags at all times.

Canis familiaris parks

There are half-dozen locations in Fayette County where dogs tin run off-ternion in designated areas: Masterson Station Park, Jacobson Park, Coldstream Park, Wellington Park, Phoenix Park* and Pleasant Ridge Park*. For more information on the metropolis's dog parks, visit lexingtonky.gov/dog-parks.

*Dog pads, not domestic dog parks.

Barking dogs/noisy animals

If you are having a problem with a barking dog or other noisy animals, please consider the following options:

  • Talk to your neighbor: Please give your neighbor the benefit of the doubt. In many situations, someone with a noisy dog may not realize that there is a disturbance. Dogs bark because of numerous reasons including loneliness, boredom, other animals, passersby or because they're existence teased. Doing someone a favor past informing them of the situation first could be the neighborly affair to do!
  • The legal procedure: The Fayette Canton Chaser's Office prosecutes criminal cases. When you decide to file a barking dog complaint through their office against your neighbor, you are filing a criminal charge against that person. When the case goes to trial, their function must testify beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused (neighbour) is guilty of violating the barking dog ordinance. Learn more than about filing a barking dog complaint on the County Attorney'due south website.

Pooper Scooper

Cleaning upwards subsequently your pet is the police. All pet waste matter on public or unowned-private land must be sanitarily and properly disposed of in an appropriate trash receptacle. The "Pooper Scooper" ordinance is enforced by the Lexington Police Department.