Animals for Adoption

At Parkes Shire Council We do our best to find loving homes for animals in our care as quickly as possible. In addition to listing animals for adoption on our website and Facebook page for our community to adopt, we also work closely with a number of registered rehoming groups that help adopt most of the animals at our shelter to ensure they can find their new forever home.

The Companion Animals Act specifies the minimum periods in which animals must be kept in our care before they can be rehomed to a new owner. This is to provide opportunity for existing animal owners to collect their animal.

Sometimes, there may be a delay in the collection of animals being adopted as rehoming groups are based outside Parkes and need to travel to pick them up. This means some animals may stay in our shelter a little longer than expected, but rest assured, they are being well cared for in the meantime.

In the 2023/2024 Financial year we rehomed more than 160 animals with even greater numbers expected in the 2024/2025 Financial year.

Animals currently available for adoption from our shelter will be listed below. 

Should you be interested in adopting any of these animals, please visit Council's Animal Shelter at 56 Saleyards Road between 9am and 10am Monday - Friday or contact our Customer Service Centre on 02 6861 2333 9am to 5.00pm weekdays for any enquiries. 

Any outstanding release fees (including microchipping and/or registration fees where applicable) are to be paid in full prior to the collection of the animal. 

We would love to hear how your new fur family member has settled in! To share an update on what life has been like since adopting them contact us: council@parkes.nsw.gov.au