Washington County SPCA

To protect people and other animals from potentially dangerous animals, the City of Bartlesville operates an animal control program, which is overseen by the Bartlesville Police Department.

The Bartlesville Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) was founded by two people who were saving stray animals in our neighborhood. They cared for the animals until new homes could be located in an effort to improve their quality of life. Soon, more people wanted to assist, and our membership has increased.

The Nowata Animal Control department oversees the city's animal shelter, pet adoption program, and pet registration system.

The cinder-block shelter housed animals that Collinsville Animal Control had captured for a long time. Before January 2008, this was known as the Collinsville Animal Shelter (also known as "the shed"). There were simply cages inside the shed; there were no windows. The only source of illumination were the openings in the temporary metal sheeting and the blue tarps that covered the cages' "outside" areas. Adoptions were uncommon because most people were unaware of the shed and animals were given 3-5 days before being put to death. The majority of animals had no hope of surviving because there were so few cages available.

"Please notify us before leaving. This is the office of Skiatook Paws and Claws Animal Rescue. It provides as a space for meetings, activities, storage, and adoptions.

The goal of Skiatook Animal Control is to offer its residents high-quality, reasonably priced animal control services through the humane sheltering and killing of unwanted and stray animals.