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Location & Hours

The Animal Control Center is located at 2680 Progress Road, on the Metro Airport grounds behind Parish Prison. Our phone number is 225-774-7700 and our fax number is 225-774-7876.

From Points South

From the Interstate, take I-110 north and use the Metro Airport exit (exit 6). Once you are on the exit ramp, you will cross Harding Boulevard and continue onto Veterans Memorial Boulevard.

From the Baker/Zachary Area

Take I-110 south and use the Metro Airport exit. Take a left onto Harding Boulevard.  As you pass under the Interstate you will take a left onto Veterans Memorial Boulevard.

 

From Harding Boulevard

Simply turn onto Veterans Memorial Boulevard. Once you are on Veterans Memorial Boulevard, continue past the airport entrance until you pass Parish Prison.  As you pass the prison, you will see a green Animal Control Center sign in the median.  Take a left as indicated by the sign, then simply follow the other signs to the shelter.

HOURS

The Animal Control Center is open to the public from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and the First and last Saturday of the month from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

NEW SATURDAY ADOPTION HOURS IN 2007
The East Baton Rouge Parish Animal Control Center will be open for adoptions only, on the the first and last Saturdays of each month from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The Animal Control Center will also perform mid-month, Saturday remote adoptions, at select locations, using the mobile adoption trailer. The shelter is located at 2680 Progress Road on the Baton Rouge Metro-Airport property.

The Animal Control Center has an officer on duty on nights, weekends, and holiday for emergencies only.