Lawton Animal Welfare

07/05/2025

07/05/2025

🚨 $10 Adoption Special TODAY 10am-2pm – We’re Bursting at the Seams! 🚨

Lawton Animal Welfare is once again offering $10 pet adoptions to help find loving homes for our amazing animals!

Every adopted pet comes:
✔️ Spayed or neutered
✔️ Up-to-date on age-appropriate vaccinations
✔️ Microchipped

🐾 Animals too young for a rabies vaccine will have an additional fee of $17.25.

Our shelter is FULL, and these wonderful pets are waiting to meet you! Open your heart—and your home—today. ❤️🐶🐱

📍 Visit us at 2104 SW 6th Street, Lawton
📞 Questions? Call (580) 581-3218
📅 Come adopt before the kennels are out of space!

07/04/2025

SATURDAY JULY 5, 10AM-2PM

🚨 $10 Adoption Special – We’re Bursting at the Seams! 🚨

Lawton Animal Welfare is once again offering $10 pet adoptions to help find loving homes for our amazing animals!

Every adopted pet comes:
✔️ Spayed or neutered
✔️ Up-to-date on age-appropriate vaccinations
✔️ Microchipped

🐾 Animals too young for a rabies vaccine will have an additional fee of $17.25.

Our shelter is FULL, and these wonderful pets are waiting to meet you! Open your heart—and your home—today. ❤️🐶🐱

📍 Visit us at 2104 SW 6th Street, Lawton
📞 Questions? Call (580) 581-3218
📅 Come adopt before the kennels are out of space!

07/04/2025

Lawton Animal Welfare is closed to celebrate Independence Day today. We will resume normal business hours Saturday, July 5th-10am to 2pm. It is also our Two Hearts Adoption Day where all adoptions (aged 4 months or older) are only $20!

06/10/2025

Lucy has found her forever home! Her mom shared their adoption story with us and our hearts are so happy.

All of our animals deserve a wonderful outcome such as this. Please consider adopting a shelter pet today!

06/10/2025

KUMA AND OSO HAVE BEEN ADOPTED!

🐾Meet Kuma and Oso🐾

Both are cute little, bear-like Aussie Poo mixes. They are so sweet and ready to find their new homes! Stop by tomorrow during normal business hours to see these adorable pups...and the many others we have available for adoption!

06/07/2025

🫶WOOHOOO!!!🫶

💲 Thanks to a generous donor, Juno, Bane, and Dolly's adoption fees have been covered in full today or $20 towards their regular adoption fees after today!

Hurry and make your way down here to adopt either of the dogs. They deserve a wonderful home!

06/07/2025

🐾Meet Juno #147044🐾

Juno has been at our facility since March 5th! He is a beautiful dog with a great set of ears. He is a Shepherd Mix and was born on 02/08/2021. He is neutered and UTD on his vaccinations. He will also come microchipped.

Juno is a great dog. He walks on a leash and knows some commands. He really needs to find his forever home soon. He is becoming depressed due to his long-term kennel stay. We would love to see Juno with a family who loves the outdoors and can take him on walks or play fetch in the backyard frequently. The staff love him and have become quite fond of his sweet nature. Don't let this great dog pass you by. Come give Juno a fresh start at a new life with you today!!

06/07/2025

🐶🐱Today is our TWO HEARTS adoption event. 🐶🐱

🛑Please stop by 2104 SW 6th Street to view all of our adoptables!

All dog and cats are spayed or neutered, have age-appropriate vaccinations, and are microchipped. All of this for only $20!!!🤗 Puppies and kittens aged 3 months and under are an additional $17.25 (rabies deposit).

Reminders:
Staff cannot answer most questions on our Facebook messenger or on posts in a timely manner as they may be away from the computer. It is always best to call for answers to your questions or to inquire about adoptions.

With the exception of our adoption events, our cash register must close approximately 30 minutes earlier than our door closing times. This is to be able to completely close the facility and staff clocked out at their scheduled times. Owners can still come in to claim their animal and potential adopters can come look at the animals, but may not be able to pay until the next day if it is after 5:30pm (Tues-Fri) or after 1:30pm (Sat). We appreciate your understanding and consideration.

06/04/2025

📉 Adoptions Are Slowing, But Intakes Are Rising 📈

Right now at Lawton Animal Welfare, we’re facing a serious challenge. Adoptions have slowed down, but the number of animals entering our shelter continues to grow—and we are out of space.

🐾 We currently have 212 cats and dogs:
🔸 83 kittens
🔸 40 cats
🔸 31 dogs
🔸 58 puppies
📍 All in a facility with just 60 dog kennels and 64 cat kennels.

We need our community’s help now more than ever.

💉 Spay & Neuter Your Pets

One of the most effective ways to reduce shelter overcrowding is to prevent unwanted litters. Spaying and neutering protects your pet’s health and helps control pet overpopulation.

Please visit our website to see a listing of local veterinary clinics, low-cost clinics, and financial assistance for pet care at lawtonanimalwelfare.com/resources.

🕵️‍♀️ Come Look for Your Lost Pets

If your pet is missing, please come to the shelter in person as soon as possible. We take in new animals every day, and no one knows your pet like you do. Our strays are seldom claimed by pet owners. Less than 10% of our intake annually-and most of those claims are dogs. Only 15 cats have been claimed by pet owners in the last year.

💬 Be Honest When Surrendering Pets

When animals are surrendered as “strays,” we are legally required to hold them for several days before they can be placed for adoption—taking up critical kennel space.

However, if pet owners are honest and let us know the animal belongs to them, we can have the owner sign a waiver for the hold and begin the adoption process much sooner-sometimes even placing the animal up for adoption the same day. We understand that life happens—and we’re here to help. We can work with you on surrender fees and schedule appointments that fit your situation.

⚠️ Honesty helps the animals, eases overcrowding, and allows us to save more lives.

Remember~ we’re here to help you. We can help through payment flexibility, appointments, and understanding. Just talk to us. 💙

Thank you for being part of the solution. Together, we can protect pets, reunite families, and give more animals a second chance.

06/04/2025

🐾 Shelter Dog Love in Action! 🐾

Meet our latest heartwarming adoption story! 💖 One of our shelter pups found their forever home — and it’s a reminder of the magic that happens when you choose to adopt.

Adopting a shelter dog isn’t just about finding a pet — it’s about gaining a loyal friend who knows the value of a second chance. These dogs don’t just fill your home, they fill your heart — with love, gratitude, and companionship that lasts a lifetime. 🐶✨

By choosing to adopt, you’re not just changing one life — you’re saving two: the one you welcome home, and the next one we can now make space for. 🛏️❤️

Ready to write your own adoption story? Visit us and meet your new best friend today!

06/03/2025

🚨 URGENT: Shelters Across the U.S. Are Overflowing 🚨

Right now, animal shelters across the country—including ours—are bursting at the seams. The sad truth? There are more cats and dogs than there are homes to take them in.

🛑 We’re seeing heartbreaking trends:
▪️ Shelters operating far beyond capacity
▪️ Animals being turned away or euthanized due to lack of space
▪️ Unwanted litters being dumped daily

This isn’t just a local crisis. It’s nationwide. It's across Oklahoma. If you follow other shelters in OKC, Norman, Stillwater, you can see that they have stopped taking in strays and/or owner surrenders due to this problem. We struggle daily to make difficult choices when animals keep coming into our facility and adoptions dwindle. Owner's rarely reclaim their animals and owner's keep bringing in litters after litters because their animal is not spayed. Dogs can have up to 3-4 litters per year and cats can get pregnant every 8 WEEKS!

📣 What can you do?
✅ Spay and neuter your pets
✅ Adopt from shelters instead of buying
✅ Foster to free up shelter space
✅ Share this message—awareness saves lives

Every day we wait, more animals suffer.
Be the difference. Act now.