Roane County Animal Shelter

501(c)3 non-profit SARG, Inc. (Shelter Animals Rescue Group) was established in January 1996 with the mission of saving animals from the Oak Ridge Animal Shelter and the surrounding communities.

The Loudon County Animal Shelter's mission is to protect the welfare, safety, and health of Loudon County's residents and animals by upholding state animal laws in a responsible and respectful manner, caring for abused, abandoned, and strays, finding loving homes for the animals in our care, encouraging responsible pet ownership, and reducing the number of strays in the county.

In collaboration with the City of Crossville, Cumberland County runs the Cumberland County Animal Shelter, a municipal shelter. The main purpose of the shelter is to temporarily house and care for stray and lost animals that Animal Control Officers bring to us in order to reunite them with their owners.

In 2018, the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization 4Them Sanctuary was established with the goal of giving each of our 100+ residents a home that is secure, caring, and complete.

Two distinct facets of animal care fall under the purview of animal control. Employees manage day-to-day activities at the Oak Ridge Animal Shelter as well as fieldwork with animals.

(2) Save as many animals as we can from our neighborhood shelters through our effective foster and adoption program.