The primary objectives of Fayetteville Animal Services include:

• Educating the public to be responsible animal owners
• Placing animals through adoption into responsible, caring homes
• Operating the City of Fayetteville Animal Shelter
• Reuniting lost animals with their owners
• Providing animal-control services for the city limits of Fayetteville
• Inspecting and enforcing animal code violations
  Reducing the number of animals that must be humanely euthanized