Orange Beach Animal Control

09/02/2026

K9 Juan looks like the goodest boy! Happy Birthday Buddy!

09/01/2026

Come see our amazing monkeys and lemurs on International Primate Day! We are going to be celebrating and acknowledging over 10 species of primates from our small Cotton Top Tamarins to our large Hamadryas Baboons! We look forward to seeing you at the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo.

08/30/2026

Happy National Beach Day! 🏖️

The Gulf Coast is a great place to live, especially for our amazing beaches! If you are celebrating National Beach day with your pet make sure to be mindful of common beach hazards so everyone can have a safe and happy time.

Check out our blog on "Beach Hazards for Dogs: How to Keep Your Pets Safe" for a paw full of safety information to keep your furry friends safe at the beach ☀️

https://www.vetemergencycenter.com/blog/beach-hazards-for-dogs-how-to-keep-your-pet-safe

08/30/2026

08/28/2026

Pupdate
R***r has been reunited with his hoomans!

Is this your buddy? If so, please call Orange Beach Police Department.

08/28/2026

Well good morning Fred! It’s a beautiful one isn’t it?

Good morning from Orange Beach, Alabama. 🏖️ 🌞

08/27/2026

I love her already! Welcome in Blueberry!

08/26/2026

Yet another reason City of Orange Beach is so amazing!

🪶 If ol’ Icarus had had better epoxy, maybe his wax would’ve held no matter how close he soared to the sun. But good epoxy was hard to find in ancient times. Even in mythology.

An osprey recently left the Orange Beach Wildlife Center, and the rehabilitation crew there has much more confidence in the epoxy holding its new feathers in place after completing their first “imping” replacement procedure.

The centuries-old method was used for the first time locally on a raptor on July 21. Previously, the center would send patients needing imping up to Auburn University for the procedure and have them returned to Orange Beach for rehab, Veterinarian and Wildlife Program Manager Dr. Hayley Healan said. She’s a local girl who graduated from Orange Beach Elementary and Gulf Shores Middle then from Gulf Shores High School in 2013.

“You replace the damaged flight feathers on a live bird, usually raptors, birds of prey, hawks, eagles,” Healan said. “An osprey is what we did it on. You go in and you actually take the feathers off of a deceased one of the same age, same size and same species and take their feathers.”

Feathers not only have to match breed and size requirements, but the replacement feathers must also be from the exact location along the wing’s fan.

“Each primary feather has a number, so you have to make sure you have that exact line or it won’t work from the other,” Healan said. “Measure it out, make sure they’re the same length.”

Read the full story at the link in our bio.

✍️: John Mullen / Gulf Coast Media Contributor
📷: Orange Beach Wildlife Center

08/26/2026

She’s beautiful! I’d love to meet her!