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J.B. Ogle Animal Shelter & Animal Control Director Sarah Green 201 Willinger Lane Phone: 812-282-0071, Fax: 812-285-6458 Call the Jeffersonville Police Department (812-283-6633) for after-hours animal control assistance. Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., M-F; 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat.The J.B. Ogle Animal Shelter is owned and operated by the City of Jeffersonville, but provides animal shelter services (not animal control, however) to other areas of Clark County -- including Borden, Charlestown, Clarksville, Sellersburg, Utica and unincorporated areas of Clark County -- through a series of interlocal agreements. Within Jeffersonville, the J.B. Ogle Animal Shelter & Animal Control enforces Indiana Code (IC 15-20 Animal Control and IC 15-21 Commercial Dog Breeder) and local ordinances (2005-OR-045 and 2006-OR-014) relating to animals within the city. The agency assists law enforcement in the enforcement of state criminal law relating to animals under Indiana Code 35-46-3. Due to the work of the Clark County Spay and Neuter Program and animal rescue organizations such as the Humane Association of Clark County, the Kentuckiana Animal Rescue Organization and the Kentucky Humane Society, the number of dogs euthanized annually at the J.B. Ogle Animal Shelter has decreased dramatically. During 2007, 808 dogs were put down at the shelter, but the number decreased to 236 -- or about 20 per month -- by 2009. Now, nearly almost all adoptable dogs that come to the shelter find homes and those that are euthanized generally fall into one of two categories: unadoptable due to illness or aggression or an animal owner paying the shelter to put down an old or sick dog. Many animals available for adoption from the J.B. Ogle Animal Shelter can be seen at PetFinder. Animal Control and J.B. Ogle Animal Shelter Staff Travis Jackson, Animal Control Officer Cindy Kaiser, Operations Coordinator Ed White, Animal Control Officer Holding Periods Local ordinances determine how long the J.B. Ogle Animal Shelter must hold animals, based on which the community from which an animal was brought to the shelter. Jeffersonville, Charlestown, Sellersburg and unincorporated Clark County (Clark Clark County Commissioners) require that animals be held for a minimum of five days. The Town of Clarksville requires that animals be held for a minimum of seven days. In some cases, fees or fines must be paid before an animal can be returned to its owner. Adoption Fees Adoption fees are $85 for female dogs, $75 for male dogs, $60 for female cats and $40 for male cats. These fees include spaying or neutering and rabies shots. In addition, each adopted dog receive as "pyrantel" shot and each adopted cat receives a "nemex" shot. All dogs that are adopted are implanted with a microchip identification tag which can identify the animal in the event that it is lost. Most shelters and veterinary clinics in North America have the ability to read these chips. Once an animal is chosen for adoption and a deposit has been paid, spaying or neutering is scheduled. The remainder of the adoption fee is due when the animal is picked up. Adopted animals may be picked up one day after spaying or neutering. The veterinarians who work with the J.B. Ogle Animal Shelter generally perform spay/neuter procedures on the shelter's behalf one day each week, but the specific day of the week varies. A Word on "No-Kill" Shelters The City of Jeffersonville and the J.B. Ogle Animal Shelter encourage those who would be responsible pet owners to adopt animals from shelters, whether a public shelter such as J.B. Ogle or the New Albany/Floyd County Animal Shelter or a privately-funded shelter. However, it is important that people understand what "no-kill" means in most cases. A private shelter has the option of turning away animals that cannot be adopted because they are ill or aggressive. A public shelter such as J.B. Ogle does not. If a private shelter inadvertently ends up with an animal that cannot be adopted -- in order words, an animal that must be euthanized either to be humane to the animal or for the safety of humans and other animals -- a private shelter will bring such an animal to the J.B. Ogle Animal Shelter, where it will eventually need to be destroyed.
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