Animal Shelter
The Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter is a non-profit organization founded to improve the lives
of Toccoa-Stephens County four-legged residents. The shelter is located at 1747 Scenic Drive (next to
the old county jail) and is open 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Tuesday through Saturday. Call 706-282-3275 for
more information.
Stephens County and The City of Toccoa governments joined forces to construct the state of the art
Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter for abandoned and neglected strays in the Toccoa-Stephens
County area.
Stray dogs and cats are kept for five days, or longer if room is available. We accept owner surrender of
pets from Stephens County residents, we do ask owners for a donation to help provide for the animals
that are surrendered to the shelter.
Adoption fees include spay or neuter, FeLv testing for cats and Heartworm testing for dogs, deworming,
vaccinations, flea treatment, heartworm preventative, rabies vaccination (if old enough), micro chipping
and 30 day pet health insurance.
Adult Dogs
$100
Puppies
$125
Adult Cats
$60
Kittens
$75
Senior Dogs (7+ years old)
$60
Senior Cats (5+ years old)
$30
The Humane Shelter is focused on lowering over-population and prevention of abuse. Its mission is to
improve the lives of animals, alleviate their suffering, and elevate their status in the community. The
Humane Shelter safeguards, rescues, shelters, heals, adopts and advocates for animals in need, while
inspiring community action and compassion on their behalf.
The non-profit 501c3 organization provides a Humane Animal Shelter and Adoption Center serving the
City of Toccoa and Stephens County. The shelter provides pet adoptions, information about low cost
spay/neuter services, lost and found services, animal control sheltering of stray animals, educational
programs and community outreach.