ACCT Philly Announces New Executive Director

PHILADELPHIA – The Animal Care and Control Team of Philadelphia (ACCT Philly) Board of Directors today announced current acting co-executive director Sarah Barnett as the new Executive Director, effective January 1, 2023. In September of this year the Board...

Intake Coordinator, CVT

With over 16,000 cats, dogs, and small and exotic pets and wildlife, a smooth entry into the organization is critical for ACCT Philly as an organization, and for each of those animals as individuals. Thorough and comprehensive medical exams, provision of core...

Staff Veterinarian

Looking for an Energetic, Upbeat Veterinarian Who We Are: ACCT Philly is the open admissions, animal care and control organization serving the City of Philadelphia. ACCT Philly provides intake, adoption, return to owner, and surrender prevention services to the...

Animal Protection Officer

The Animal Protection Officer (APO), will drive a vehicle to patrol streets, respond to requests for service concerning animals and perform routine and complex public safety work in the enforcement of animal control and licensing ordinances. The APO will provide...

Important ACCT Philly Alert

ACCT Philly recently had an increase in upper respiratory cases, and also saw a stronger strain called pneumovirus, infect several dogs. Despite our best efforts to decrease the spread, we have not seen the decrease we need to, and our veterinarian determined that a...

How to Adopt

In December of 2020 we transitioned to from online appointments to same day appointments booked onsite. By shifting to a same day in person appointment system, it will allow people to be able to have an adoption appointment on that same day – and depending on the...

Help Animals on Prime Day!

Are you helping animals while doing your shopping on Prime Day? It’s easy to do, and won’t cost you anything extra! Step 1: Make us your charity of choice on Amazon Smile, and then shop using smile.amazon.com! Whether you’re shopping on prime day or any...

ACCT Philly to Host Drive Thru Dog Food Pet Pantry

In light of the increasing need of pet food for pet owners due to job loss and other economic hardships, ACCT Philly will be hosting its first ever drive through dog food pet pantry. ACCT Philly was recently one of eight national pet food banks to receive a generous...

ACCT Philly’s #CleartheShelters Weekend

As part of NBC’s Clear the Shelters promotion, ACCT Philly will be waiving adoption fees for all pets adopted on August 29th and 30th! As Philadelphia’s largest open intake shelter, ACCT takes in 18,000 animals annually. In July alone we took in 1,147 animals in need,...