Stray dog or cat
A healthy stray that’s not in danger should not be picked up, per Haywood County Animal Services — most strays are found within a mile of home and often find their own way back.
To report a stray or start intake: call Animal Services (below), or email asintake@haywoodcountync.gov. Animal Services uses managed intake — an appointment is required, and they only take animals found inside Haywood County.
Injured, aggressive, or clearly in danger: call Animal Services directly; after hours, animal-related emergencies route through the Sheriff’s dispatch line below.
While you wait: post to the county’s Lost & Found Facebook group, and have any found animal scanned for a microchip at a vet or at Animal Services — that reunites owners faster than the shelter process.
What to expect: if you do bring an animal in, be ready to foster it temporarily if the shelter has no space that day.
Who to call
2 offices can be the right one, depending on the details above.
Haywood County Animal Services
- Main: 828-456-5338
- General Info / Lost-or-Found Intake (ext. 4): 828-456-5338 ext. 4
Adoption Center: Monday–Saturday, 11:00 AM–5:00 PM. Intake Center: Monday–Friday, 11:00 AM–5:00 PM.
453 Jones Cove Road, Clyde, NC 28721
Fax 828-456-9340. After-hours animal bites/attacks route through Haywood County Emergency Services — call the Sheriff's non-emergency dispatch line — which contacts the on-call Animal Services officer.
Haywood County Sheriff's Office
- Dispatch (non-emergency): 828-452-6666
- Front Office: 828-452-6768
1620 Brown Avenue, Waynesville, NC 28786
For a life-threatening emergency, call 911. The Haywood County 9-1-1 Communications Center answers both emergency and non-emergency calls for service 24 hours a day at the dispatch number above.
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