As employees of the Charlotte/Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control Bureau, we strive to provide the best care for the animals and to educate the public on the best way to care for their pets.  However, our operating budget does not allow us to do as much as we would like. 

Below is a list of items that will greatly help the animals at the shelter, the animals in our Critter Sitters foster program and also the Food Bank Assistance Program for the Public.

• Newspapers
• Plastic Bags (from grocery stores, Walmart, Target, etc.)
• New or Used Linens (towels, rugs, comforters, blankets, etc.)
• Toys/Treats
  • Kongs
  • Tennis Balls
  • Nylabone Big Chews
  • Milkbones
  • Cat Treats
  • Cardboard Cat Scratchers
• Food for shelter animals
  • Canned Food -  Dog, Puppy, Cat, Kitten 
  • Kitten Milk Replacer (KMR)
  • Esbilac (Puppy milk substitute)
  • Exotic animal foods (parrot, ferret, frog, guinea pig, rabbit, iguana)
• Pet Food for public assistance Food Bank
  • Dry Food for Dog, Puppy, Cat, Kitten (10lb. bags or less)
  • Canned Food for Dog, Puppy, Cat, Kitten
• Cat Liter
• Kennel Supplements
  • Kuranda Cots – please visit www.kuranda.com/shop/donate.asp 
  • Small bowls
  • Heating pads

Donations can be sent to:

Charlotte/Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control
8315 Byrum Dr.
Charlotte, NC  28217

In addition to the items above, monetary donations are always welcome. You can send in a general donation to be used at our discretion; or you can read about the programs listed below and earmark your donation for a specific cause. 

Thank you for your assistance.

2nd Chance Medical Fund
We receive an average of 60 animals a day through our doors.  Oftentimes, adoptable animals that are sick or injured must be humanely euthanized due to a lack of funds to provide the medical care for them.  This fund is designed to provide additional money specifically for the care of these animals.  A tax-deductible donation earmarked for the Medical Fund will make it possible for the veterinary staff to provide:

• Treatment for Heartworm disease
• Further testing or examinations not possible at the shelter
• Equipment and supplies to enable more treatments to be done at the shelter
• Additional training of vet staff on new procedures

If you would like to support this effort to save lives, please make sure that your check is made out to the Charlotte/Mecklenburg Animal Control Bureau and earmarked for the medical fund. 

Read about how the Second Chance Medical Fund helped Lulu see the world in a whole new way.

See some of the other animals  that have benfitted from this fund

Spay/Neuter Fund

A donation earmarked for the Free Community spay & neuter services will allow Mecklenburg county residents of lower income levels to obtain free rabies vaccinations and sterilization surgery for their pets. 

Kuranda Cots
How would you like to sleep on hard concrete?  Well, the dogs don't like it either.  Even though our kennel floors are heated in the winter, we find that many dogs like to sleep on these soft Kuranda Cots.  There are two ways in which you can help us provide these cots to all our canine residents:

• Order directly from the Kuranda web site- www.kuranda.com/shop/donate.asp
  The shelter's name of CMPD Animal Control Bureau must be selected.  The medium cot (35" X 23") is the size of choice and costs $45.50.  This discount rate is possible if the cot is shipped directly to the shelter.
• Send a donation directly to us and earmark it for the Kuranda Cot fund.

Animal Care & Control is temporarily caring for animals that are involved in special cases.

If you would like to donate items or gift cards to purchase items, please contact 

Vet Tech Supervisor Sandy Gainey at 704-336-6693  (press extension 1)