Lost pet help in Kamloops, British Columbia

Who to call first in Kamloops

Pickup and bylaw enforcement
City of Kamloops Community Services, 250-828-3409
Where a picked-up animal is held
Dogs are held by City of Kamloops Community Services. Cats are turned over to the BC SPCA, 250-828-3409

The answer in Kamloops depends on the species, and the city says so itself.

Dogs and cats are not always the same answer. Dogs are held by the city on a four-day mandatory stray hold, then kept up to a further week while the city posts them, before going to a rescue facility. Cats are turned over to the BC SPCA immediately during its operating hours, and the city’s own page tells people missing a cat to enquire there.

Checked against the City of Kamloops’s own lost-and-found-animals page on 4 October 2026 — read it yourself. Services and contracts change — confirm before you travel.

Two organisations in this directory name Kamloops in the area they cover: BC SPCA Kamloops and City of Kamloops Community Services (animal control).

Between them they are shelters and humane societies and municipal animal services.

Further down the page, four organisations cover British Columbia as a whole and five work Canada-wide.

Opening hours, intake practices and how each organisation wants to hear from you are set by that organisation, not by this directory — check its own page or call before you travel.

11 organisations

In Kamloops 2

These organisations name Kamloops in the area they cover.

Shelters and humane societies 1

Municipal animal services 1

Covering all of British Columbia 4

Canada-wide 5

Registries and national bodies that work anywhere in the country.

Emergency vets in Kamloops 1

Veterinary hospitals and clinics in Kamloops that run their own emergency service.

Emergency capacity and availability change — phone before travelling.

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