The Sherwood Humane Animal Services Department boasts of having one of the Nation's most successful adoption programs and one of the lowest rates for animal euthanasia in the country. However, pet overpopulation is on the rise across Arkansas and there just aren’t enough loving homes available for them all.

Euthanasia is not the solution to this tragedy, but a symptom caused by uncontrolled breeding of companion animals.
 

• Please prevent the unplanned birth of litters of puppies and kittens by spaying or neutering your pet.

• Adopt your next companion animal from a Shelter. Sherwood always has a verity of pets to choose from.

• Talk to everyone you know about the tragedy of pet overpopulation and the need to spay or neuter companion animals.
   

Together we can reduce or eliminate the tragic consequences of this problem.

The Shelter has an in-house spay/neuter clinic where adoptable animals are sterilized during our spay/neuter clinic held once a week and allows the Department to provide a low cost Spay/Neuter Voucher Program to help low income families better care for their pets.
A NO Cost Adoption Program helps Senior Citizens who are 65 or older and the Disabled enjoy the proven health benefits and companionship that comes from the unconditional love of a pet.
Adopted animals are spayed or neutered, receive one set of annual vaccinations, and a rabies vaccination if the pet is over four months of age.

You can hear about our current animals up for adoption every:

• Tuesday & Wednesday at 7:00 a.m. on Channel 11 (CBS)

• Tuesday between 9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on American Family Radio, ‘afr’ - 91.7 FM, 91.1 FM, or 89.5 FM

• Friday at 8:35 a.m. on Bob Robbins in the Morning, KSSN - 95.7 FM and The Wolf, 106.7 FM.

Individuals and families who are interested in adopting a homeless animal may visit the Shelter Monday - Friday from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 12:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The phone is not answered on Saturday.

The Shelter is located at 6500 North Hills Boulevard just a few blocks south of JFK Blvd. Phone # 501-834-2287.
The business office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. for residents needing to purchase City pet licenses or conduct other business.

Thanks to the hard work and fundraising efforts of the Partners Auxiliary Working for the Sherwood Shelter (P.A.W.S.), the KIND News Newsletter is provided to all classrooms at Sherwood, Sylvan Hills, Oakbrooke, Clinton, Harris, and Cato Elementary schools. The articles, short stories, activities, and projects in the KIND News teach children the importance of treating people, animals, and the environment with kindness and respect. P.A.W.S. maintains the Petfinder web page to add the convenience of viewing adoptable pets from the comfort of your home. Click on the link below (Sherwood Humane Animal Services) to visit the web site. To find out more about this very important educational program and to see all of P.A.W.S. projects and upcoming events, please visit www.Sherwoodpaws.org
 

Sherwood Animal Services also has one of the South's strongest Animal Control Programs.  The shelter cares for abandoned or stray animals, provides educational materials to help increase responsible pet guardianship, investigates complaints and enforces the Animal Control Ordinances for the State and City.  Animal Services Officers are available during business hours to respond to calls from Sherwood residents who need assistance with animal related Problems by calling 834-2287 or animal related emergencies during the night, on weekends and holidays by calling the Sherwood Police Department at 501-835-1425 and an Animal Service Officer will respond to your call.