Essex County Animal Shelter

Love their visitors greeter Joshua ❤️ The staff is very knowledgeable about their animals and are always friendly when I visit!

If you are planning to do community service here, please do not waste your time. The staff here is very rude. I decided to do my 8hr community service here hoping it would be good but it wasn’t. The staff talked to me disrespectful and made me do tasks that could endanger me. By this I mean that I can’t do tasks that the agency said I couldn’t do. They were also rude when I had to leave an hour earlier, which I understand. But I told them I can go back and do the other hour another day. The last day I got there 20 mins late and I called at 8am to let them know I was going to be late because my car didn’t turn on. When I got there she said I couldn’t do the hour because I didn’t call them. I called three times and no one picked up. I went the next day for the hour. I did my tasks and when t

i brought a tiny cat in around 12:45 she was very mini i called the day before and the woman gave me a very snobby attitude and said they closed at 4:00 and she answered at 11:00 and just brushed it off. i brought the kittin in the next day and she took her from me (mind u ive been here before) a woman let me look at the dogs and the kittens without an “appointment” she took her from me and i asked can i see her again and she claimed that i had to fill out an application to see her or to adopt her when she tool her out of my hand immediately.

I love this place. The facility is clean, the animals are well kept, the background check was impressive, and the staff was friendly. We got 2 dogs from here and they are healthy, happy babies ( 8 mos) is go back just to visit!

Couldn’t be happier with my experience! They work closely with the local vet and have so many sweet dogs in need of a loving home