Fort Worth Animal Care & Control
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April 2026
Fort Worth Animal Care & Control has achieved a 90% live release rate for fiscal year 2026 to date, a milestone marking a significant improvement in animal outcomes driven by staff, volunteers, and community rescue partners.
Fort Worth reaches 90% animal live release rate for fiscal year
March 2026
Fort Worth Animal Care & Control is hosting National Adoption Week events March 23–29 at two PetSmart locations, with adoption fees sponsored for the event and a PetSmart coupon book valued at up to $400 offered to adopters.
National Adoption Week in Fort Worth: Find your new best friend
Fort Worth Animal Care & Control is hosting its annual 'Bow Wow Meow Puppy & Kitten Shower' on March 14 at Chisholm Trail Community Center to collect donated supplies and recruit fosters for neonatal animals ahead of the spring shelter intake surge. The event includes educational programming on caring for newborn puppies and kittens and a donation raffle.
FWACC to host neonatal shower ahead of puppy and kitten season
February 2026
Cowtown Friends, funded by a $13,000 'Second Chance KONGS' grant from VCA Charities, donated 1,000 KONG enrichment toys to Fort Worth Animal Care and Control shelters to reduce stress and improve wellbeing for dogs awaiting adoption.
$13,000 of KONGS wheeled into FWACC shelters
January 2026
A press release previewing the January 27 City Council agenda, which includes votes on a $15M+ TxDOT funding agreement for CentrePort Trail, acceptance of state grants for crime victims and officer mental health, a $50,000 animal transportation grant, construction of a Street Soccer Field at Hillside Park, and renaming the North Animal Campus to 'Henry's Animal Campus.'
See a preview of what’s on the agenda for the Jan. 27 Council meeting
Fort Worth Animal Care & Control is hosting a 'New Year, New Friend' dog adoption event at City Hall on January 21, with staff on-site to answer questions about adopting, fostering, and volunteering.
Shelter’s adoptable animals return to City Hall
Fort Worth Animal Care & Control is proactively preparing residents for egret season through community outreach and deterrent demonstrations, aiming to prevent federally protected migratory bird colonies from establishing nests in impacted neighborhoods before nesting begins.
Egret season is coming. A how-to on preparing for migratory birds