SHELBYVILLE — Bedford County Animal Control has been recognized as a no-kill shelter after posting a 90 percent save rate for calendar year 2024. The news came from remarks at a county Public Safety Committee meeting and from Best Friends Animal Society.
Best Friends, a national animal-welfare nonprofit, sent a letter congratulating the shelter on meeting its no-kill threshold. Shelter leadership shared the letter at the committee meeting.
The shelter handles intake, adoption, rabies-related quarantine work, and cruelty investigations under state and county rules. Adoption hours and fees are posted on the county’s Animal Control page.
No-kill status is a yearly performance mark, not a permanent plaque. Keeping live-release rates up takes staff, volunteers, foster homes, and steady public support.
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