Discover endless tail wags and heartwarming purrs at the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County in Blountville, Tennessee.
Adopting is more than just finding a pet; it’s about creating a lifetime bond. Join us in making a difference — for our furry friends and you. Add a special member to your family today by starting your adoption journey and experience the love that a shelter animal can offer.
Our Mission:
Increase awareness in Sullivan County about the humane treatment of animals through responsible sheltering, education, spay/neuter assistance and access to wellness.
We’re here to help- What to know before you visit!
At The Animal Shelter of Sullivan County, Tennessee, we’re proud to offer a variety of services to support pets and the people who love them. From low-cost vaccine clinics and spay/neuter services to our pet food assistance program and community adoption events, we’re here to help keep pets healthy, in loving homes, and out of the shelter whenever possible.
Owner surrenders are accepted by appointment only so we can give each pet the time and care they deserve. Please call us at 423-279-2741 to schedule your appointment. We are unable to accommodate walk-in surrenders at this time.
For animal control calls, our team responds based on urgency to ensure the most critical situations are handled first. If you have found a stray animal, please contact animal control, as all strays must be brought in through their services.
Thank you for helping us care for our community’s animals! 🐾
We need your donations!
100% of your tax deductible donation benefits our lifesaving rescue efforts for Sullivan County, Tennessee, animals in need.
Services
The Animal Shelter of Sullivan County has a number of services, including intake, spay/neuter and a vaccine clinic.
Rehome your Pet
Intake services are available at the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County. Please click here to learn more about our intake process.
Foster
Foster families are essential members of the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County family. Take part of a rewarding program with us.
Programs
Learn about the programs offered at the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County here.
Adopt
Explore our furry friends at the Animal Shelter of Sullivan County. Complete and submit an adoption application here.
Volunteer
If you are searching for a rewarding experience and love animals, we invite you to volunteer with us. Learn more here.
Featured Stars for Adoption
Ready to Adopt? It's simple.
Fill out the application online here or click the button to the side. Once submitted and approved, a team member will contact you to arrange an appointment for the adoption OR visit the shelter during regular business hours to view the animals and complete an adoption application onsite. Once approved, your adoption will be complete, and you can welcome a new member to your family!
View all our Adoptables
View all of the wonderful animal companions waiting for adoption at our shelter on Adopt A Pet!
Events
News
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Do you know me? I was picked up on Reedy Creek Rd in Bristol. Please call 423-279-2741 option 2 or 3.
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This little baby needs someone to clean it up and love it. Needs a bed and a lap to lay on.
Bless it
Can you clean him up just a little ❤️🙏
Do you know me? I was found on cave hill rd in Blountville.
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This is our Hank. The black on the dogs nose is it the color of fur or is it dirt. Is that dog a male?
Was he wearing a collar? Our dogs name was Hank
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Meow!! Come adopt ❤️ 🐈
Cats $30 & Kittens $50 with Approved Application 🐾
Fri-Sat 1230-530 PM
380 Masengill Rd Blountville
Kitties are also at Petsmart-Kingsport & Petsmart-Bristol locations 💕
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Found on knobpark road, Bristol Tn. Please call us if this is your dog 423-279-2741 option 2 or 3
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Do you know me? I was picked up on Mountain View Dr in Piney Flats. Microchipped, but the phone number does not work. Please call 423-279-2741 option 2.
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This is my dog that was picked up
Hope someone came and got 🙏 this precious beautiful baby. And he or she has a wonderful loving forever home and gets spoiled rotten 💕.
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🐾 We’re Full… and We Need Your Help. 🐾
Our shelter is currently at full capacity, and every kennel is occupied. While we’re incredibly grateful to be able to care for so many animals, we urgently need help creating space for those still waiting for safety.
If you’ve been thinking about adopting, now is the perfect time to meet your new best friend. If adoption isn’t possible, fostering even for a short time can make a life-saving difference. Sharing this post with your friends and family also helps us reach more potential adopters.
Every adoption, foster, and share gives another animal a chance.
Please help us make room for the next pet in need. ❤️🐶🐱
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Best decision i made was adopting mine from you all
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🆘️We are in need of donations for the many mouths we feed. 🐕🐈
You can drop donations by the shelter, order or donate monetarily 🐾
We appreciate our community so much, it takes a village 🫂
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This scared baby was found on Rich Dr in Kingsport , please call 423-279-2741 option 2 or 3 . We’d really like to find their home 😞
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I pray that the owner is found soon 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I think he lives at 425 rich dr gets out all the time
Oh gosh he's so scared 😭
Do you know me? Picked up on Collins Pvt Dr in Bluff City. Please call 423-279-2741 option 2
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Looking for my calico kitty
Prayers you find it's owner ♥️ 🙏
It belongs at 552 White hollow just up the street from Collins pvt dr. His name is Hank. He’s the brother to Handsome 🩵
Sunday Shelter Successes 🐾
What a great week of adoptions! Congratulations and happy life 😊
Thank you to everyone who makes this possible 💛
18 Adoptions
😺17 Kitties
🐕 1 Dog
🐾 3 Reclaimed
🐶14 to Rescue
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YES VERY awesome!
Awesome
Check out Sherlock ❤️
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A shelter is no place for puppies to grow up! Consider adopting Steele and Grey 🤍
They are about 4 months old and full of life! Foster or adopt, they need a family of their own.
Grey will be at Tractor Supply Adoption Event today 12-3PM
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how do i get this baby?
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💫Longest Resident Alert ⭐️
🐾Meet Turtle 🐢
This goofy boy is a volunteer favorite at the shelter. He is one of our longest residents 😢 and we dont know why?!
This 5 year old boy can chase ball as long as you want, loves to give 💋 and is great in play groups. We require a meet & greet with other pets.
He is a fun loving, sweet guy but his anxiety at the shelter is escalating 🙁
Let's find Turtle the family he deserves ❤️ We do offer foster to adopt and his adoption fee is SPONSORED with an approved application 🤩
He will be at Tractor Supply tomorrow from 12-3PM in Kingsport.
Please share so we can find this sweetheart a forever home 🏡
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He is so beautiful! Praying for his forever home!
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Come by the shelter, Petsmart-Kingsport or stop by Petsmart-Bristol tomorrow for adoption event for kitties 😸 ❤️
So many sweet babies waiting on their forever homes 🏡
Kittens $50 & Cats $30 with approved application 🐈⬛️
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Do you know me? I was found in the bloomingdale area of Kingsport, tn. Call 423-279-2741 option 2.
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Happy National Kitten Day!
Are you KITTEN me?? So many babies are waiting for you! 😸 Dont walk, run!
Fri-Sat 1230-530 PM
380 Masengill Rd Blountville
Adoption application 😸
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I want Flop if he still needs a momma.
Big Event this weekend Tractor Supply Adoption Event in Kingsport!!
Turtle, our longest resident, has a sponsored adoption fee with approved application 🐢
Sophi, Poe & puppy Grey will also be happily waiting for their families 🐾
Learn about our shelter programming and you can purchase/drop off a donation. See you there!! ❤️
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I'll be there
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Throwback Thursday 🐾
Getting updates is one of our favorite things 💕
Happy to see our babies settled into their forever 🏡 homes
Feel free to share updates of yours 🥰
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Please share! We have 22k followers and only 16 people have shared 🙁 we really need the communities help to move dogs, we are full 💔
We have lots of babies up for adoption as well!🐾 FOSTERS NEEDED – Rescue Committed! 🐾
These two sweet pups already have rescue commitments—they just need a temporary foster home until their transport on July 24, or until their rescue is able to secure another foster.
🤎 COLE
• 8 months old
• 32 lbs
• Sweet, playful brown boy ready for his next adventure!
🤍 ANSLEY
• 1 year old
• 28 lbs
• Loving white girl with a heart of gold!
Can you open your home for just a couple of weeks? A short-term foster is all they need to bridge the gap to their rescue and a brighter future.
We’ll provide support along the way—you provide a safe, cozy place where they can relax and be loved while they wait for transport.
📅 Transport Date: July 24
📧 Interested in fostering? Email ASOSC.Director@gmail.com
❤️ Even if you can’t foster, please share this post! The right foster could be just one share away, and your share could help Cole and Ansley make it safely to their rescue.
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Please help the shelter!
Fostering is SOO rewarding! You get to love on one of these amazing dogs and I’ve met them both personally they are phenomenal dogs! Extremely sweet and loving. When you foster you get all the kisses and tail wags without the lifetime commitment of owning a dog! And by Fostering you are SAVING their lives, AND opening up a spot for another stray or dumped dog to be saved! So by fostering you are saving the lives of TWO innocent souls! 🙏🏻 When you take a dog in for a very short period of time, they are truly grateful to you and will never forget your kindness, that allowed them the ability to be saved and find their Furever families! It’s a kindness that can not be bought! Everyone thinks, someone else will do it…. Someone else will foster the dog. But the reality is … That someone else is YOU! There is so very little help in rescue, and the volunteers who foster over and over are completely full. Shelters and rescues NEED the communities help, in order to save them! Please be that person who is willing to allow a dog a safe place to stay for a very short amount of time, it won’t cost you anything! Just some love, a roof and a bed to sleep in! 🙏🏻🐾❤️
A foster is only needed for 2 weeks!
Courtesy post: do you know me? I’m hanging out on Picken Bridge Road in Piney Flats. Please share ❤️
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They are absolutely beautiful 🤩 hope they get home safe !
She is my dog, her name is Katie.
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🐾 FOSTERS NEEDED – Rescue Committed! 🐾
These two sweet pups already have rescue commitments—they just need a temporary foster home until their transport on July 24, or until their rescue is able to secure another foster.
🤎 COLE
• 8 months old
• 32 lbs
• Sweet, playful brown boy ready for his next adventure!
🤍 ANSLEY
• 1 year old
• 28 lbs
• Loving white girl with a heart of gold!
Can you open your home for just a couple of weeks? A short-term foster is all they need to bridge the gap to their rescue and a brighter future.
We’ll provide support along the way—you provide a safe, cozy place where they can relax and be loved while they wait for transport.
📅 Transport Date: July 24
📧 Interested in fostering? Email ASOSC.Director@gmail.com
❤️ Even if you can’t foster, please share this post! The right foster could be just one share away, and your share could help Cole and Ansley make it safely to their rescue.
2 CommentsComment on Facebook
SO CUTE
Fostering is SOO rewarding! You get to love on one of these amazing dogs and I’ve met them both personally they are phenomenal dogs! Extremely sweet and loving. When you foster you get all the kisses and tail wags without the lifetime commitment of owning a dog! And by Fostering you are SAVING their lives, AND opening up a spot for another stray or dumped dog to be saved! So by fostering you are saving the lives of TWO innocent souls! 🙏🏻 When you take a dog in for a very short period of time, they are truly grateful to you and will never forget your kindness, that allowed them the ability to be saved and find their Furever families! It’s a kindness that can not be bought! Everyone thinks, someone else will do it…. Someone else will foster the dog. But the reality is … That someone else is YOU! There is so very little help in rescue, and the volunteers who foster over and over are completely full. Shelters and rescues NEED the communities help, in order to save them! Please be that person who is willing to allow a dog a safe place to stay for a very short amount of time, it won’t cost you anything! Just some love, a roof and a bed to sleep in! 🙏🏻🐾❤️
Do you know me? I was picked up on Reedy Creek Rd in Bristol. Please call 423-279-2741 option 2 or 3.
11 CommentsComment on Facebook
This little baby needs someone to clean it up and love it. Needs a bed and a lap to lay on.
Bless it
Can you clean him up just a little ❤️🙏
Do you know me? I was found on cave hill rd in Blountville.
5 CommentsComment on Facebook
This is our Hank. The black on the dogs nose is it the color of fur or is it dirt. Is that dog a male?
Was he wearing a collar? Our dogs name was Hank
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