Fort Worth Animal Care & Control
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May 2026
Fort Worth Animal Care & Control is hosting the fourth annual 'Herd You Needed a Dog' dog adoption event at Rodeo Plaza in the Fort Worth Stockyards on May 9, featuring adoptable shelter and foster dogs. The event was co-founded by Kristin Jaworski in partnership with Cowtown Friends following her own adoption experience.
'Herd You Needed a Dog' returns to Fort Worth Stockyards this weekend
April 2026
Fort Worth Animal Care & Control achieved a 90% Live Release Rate for the fiscal year, recognized by City Council proclamation on National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day, with community partners credited for supporting adoptions, specialized care, and spay/neuter services.
Pet heroes recognized on National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day
Best Friends Animal Society data shows Texas made meaningful progress in 2025 toward no-kill shelter status, with Fort Worth Animal Care & Control recording nearly 1,500 fewer deaths of healthy and treatable pets compared to the prior year.
Nearly half of Texas shelters achieved ‘No-Kill,’ including Fort Worth
Profile of Dorothy Hood, a five-year volunteer with Fort Worth Animal Care & Control who fosters special-needs and hard-to-place dogs, including out-of-state transport animals, as part of the shelter's volunteer spotlight series.
Volunteer Spotlight: Dorothy Hood, Fort Worth Animal Care & Control
Volunteer spotlight on Traci Pockrus, a third-grade teacher who has volunteered with Fort Worth Animal Care & Control since 2003, primarily walking dogs and photographing them for the shelter's adoption website and social media. She and her husband have also fostered 46 dogs through the shelter.
Volunteer Spotlight: Traci Pockrus, Fort Worth Animal Care & Control
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