**URGENT KITTEN SAFETY MESSAGE** Found kittens and not sure what to do?!? Do not bring them to the shelter immediately. The shelter is currently overwhelmed with litters of very young kittens being brought in without their mamas, and it is impacting the safety of these kittens. Please call our staff first so we can help assess the situation and advise on what is best for the kittens.If you have found newborn or young kittens, please leave them alone! Mama cats are very protective of their kittens and rarely abandon them; if you don’t see the mama, they are probably close by their babies and will be back soon. Newborn kittens are especially vulnerable when separated from their mamas, and will struggle to survive without them.Want to help our kittens?!? We are seeing unprecedented numbers of kittens being brought into our shelter. We urgently needs donations of non-clumping kitty litter, wet kitten food, and dry kitten food; donations can be dropped off or shipped directly to our shelter.

Who We Are

Metro Animal Services is a partnership that shelters, protects and unites the pets and people of seven cities in eastern Pierce County and southern King County.  Metro is operated by the City of Sumner and utilizes a shelter provided by the City of Puyallup.  The Cities of Algona, Bonney Lake, Edgewood, Milton and Pacific participate by interlocal agreement.

 

Shelter

Metro operates an animal shelter that adopts out over 400 pets to their new Forever Families each year.  See who’s waiting for adoption today.

Protect

Metro protects people and pets from aggressive animals both wild and domestic.  Our officers have removed a python from a neighborhood and found a rattlesnakes a more suitable home at a zoo.  Last year, we handled over 2,100 calls for service.  Learn more about safety threats & complaints.

Unite

Metro unites over 200 pets each year with their worried and frantic owners.  Through licenses and microchips, Metro also helps prevent pets taking incredible journeys of their own in the first place.

All of this is funded through annual pet licenses and donations to minimize impact on individual city budgets.  Keeping your pets’ license current is a small investment in helping Shelter, Protect and Unite all pets in your community.