Resources
Chesapeake Agencies
- Chesapeake Health Department
Phone: 757-382-8600 - Chesapeake Public Works
Phone: 757-382-6343 for (deceased) animals - Chesapeake Customer Contact Center
Phone: 757-382-2489 (CITY)
Animal Agencies
- Chesapeake Humane Society
Phone: 757-546-5355 - Humane Society of the United States
Phone: 202-452-1100 - Norfolk SPCA
Phone: 757-622-3319 - Norfolk Animal Care Center
Phone: 757-441-5505 - Peninsula SPCA
Phone: 757-595-1399 - Portsmouth Animal Control
Phone: 757-393-8876 - Portsmouth Humane Society
Phone: 757-397-6004 - Suffolk Animal Control
Phone: 757-923-2160 - Virginia Beach Animal Control
Phone: 757-385-4444 - Virginia Beach SPCA
Phone: 757-427-0070
Animal Care & Health
- Pet Behavior - Ask Sage
A question and answer forum for pets (and their people) - SNIP
Phone: 757-622-7382 option 3
Low-cost mobile spay-neuter clinic (sponsored by PETA) - Veterinary Partner
Info on animal health, medications, therapies, surgery, behavior, and safety - or "Ask a Vet" - Urban Wildlife
Finding ways to live hand-in-hand with our wild neighbors
License Stations
- In addition to the 4 regular Treasurer's Office locations, you can buy licenses for your pets at any of the local substations.
Low-Cost Veterinary Services
- Chesapeake Humane Society
- Helping Hands in Richmond
- Norfolk SPCA
- Virginia Beach SPCA
- PADS in Newport News
- PETA
- Animal Resources of Tidewater (ART): - ART does not operate a clinic, but does offer veterinary cost assistance on a case by case basis.
Lost & Found Resources
- Facebook Groups:
- PawBoost
- Next Door
- Petango: Lost Pet Home
Rehoming Your Pet
- Facebook Group: Rehome Your Pets Virginia Area
- Rehome, by Adopt-A-Pet.com
- If you have a breed-specific animal, then see if you can find a rescue for that breed.
- Many vets' offices have community boards and they will allow citizens to post fliers for rehoming their pets.
Rehome Your Reptiles
- Facebook Group: Rehome Your Reptiles Hampton Roads
Reptile Rescue
- Reptile Rescue
Wildlife Resources
- Facebook Group: Fledgling Filer
- Facebook Page: Tidewater Rehabilitation and Environmental Education
- Wildlife Response
- Virginia Beach SPCA
- Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
- Evelyn's Wildlife Refuge and Facebook Page.
Online Barking Complaints
- Chesapeake Citizens Online Reporting System (Nonemergency)