Michael Shannon will act as interim director while city leaders search for a permanent replacement for Shannon Sims, who stepped down in May.

Officials with San Antonio’s Animal Care Services aren’t discouraging people from considering giving pets as gifts, but they say they want families to be prepared for what it means.

Animal Care Services has created a searchable registry of dogs in San Antonio that have been deemed dangerous.

A San Antonio-area animal shelter says the stigma surrounding dogs involved in violent attacks is impacting adoptions.

San Antonio Animal Care Services celebrated the graduation of 16 cadets on Wednesday, bringing the total number of officers actively answering calls to 46.

Animal Care Services had a 33% increase in the City of San Antonio's new, $3.7 billion budget - more than any other department. So what's it promising in return?

Faced with a flood of strays and other animals they need to take in, the City of San Antonio's Animal Care Services euthanizes hundreds of animals every month. They often do it to make room, but KSAT's Garrett Brnger tells us two dogs did have somewhere to go.

Texas lawmakers passed several bills that would help protect pets, including one already signed into law to keep pets away from people convicted of animal cruelty.

The San Antonio City Council appears ready to throw Animal Care Services a bone.

Animal Care Services has the only officer training academy in the nation that offers people who enjoy animals a chance to learn how to work with them and educate the community on taking care of them properly.

ACS is facing higher than normal surrenders, more stray animals, and staffing issues. It's requesting 14 new positions to help with animal overpopulation and increase live release rates.

Local animal rescues hosted a town hall to discuss how to better collaborate with the city to tackle San Antonio's stray problem.

San Antonio Animal Care Services is offering insight into what could happen if you take in a stray.

Animal Care Services and the Animal Defense League are partnering to provide free wellness clinics for pets in some of San Antonio’s underserved neighborhoods.

We don’t have a credible location for the tiger just yet,” said Shannon Sims, interim director for ACS. “I was searching, and then my little cousin was like, ‘I think that is a tiger over there,’” Cruz said. However, in the city of San Antonio, they are forbidden.”Sims said there is a reason why these kinds of animals are forbidden in the city. Rob Coke, director of veterinary care with the San Antonio Zoo, agrees, saying tigers are unpredictable. “There are many cases out there where people have tigers because they are so cute at first,” Coke said.

SAN ANTONIO – About 200 hens and roosters were seized Tuesday morning by Animal Care Services on two properties on the city’s South Side. Armed with a search warrant, ACS and the San Antonio Police Department searched the properties in the 300 block of Ansley following complaints from neighbors about an excess amount of roosters. “Anytime there’s a large number of roosters on a property, we want to check it out, first of all, for violation of the number of animals,” said ACS interim director Shannon Sims. “But secondarily, there’s not a lot of reasons to have a large number of roosters other than fighting.”Sims said there appears to be some signs that roosters were being used to fight. A veterinarian is on the scene and will examine the birds, which will be taken to ACS.

SAN ANTONIO – Animal Care Services has reported a recent rise in animal neglect cases in San Antonio. Animal neglect comes in many forms, according to ACS officials. “Some of the things we see are an animal tied up without access to food, water, shelter. Sims said the reasons pet neglect is on the rise are most likely pandemic-related. The first reason has to do with people paying more attention to what’s going on around them and making calls to report neglect.

SAN ANTONIO Bentley and Jase have the sad distinction of being the first two dogs brought to San Antonio Pets Alive! Full Screen 1 / 2 Dog surrendered to San Antonio Pets Alive! She said although they were together before their owner was hospitalized, Bentley and Jase, both senior dogs, can go to separate homes. Although the risk of getting the virus from the pets they're asked to retrieve is low, Sims said they're kept in isolation for two weeks. Both ACS and SAPA said theyre prepared to take in more pets, like Bentley and Jase, as the pandemic continues.

SAN ANTONIO – Animal Care Services is warning the public against giving pets as presents for Christmas since they are a big responsibility for their owners. St. Cyr paid more than than $1,000 at the veterinarian's office, and the puppy itself also cost her hundreds of dollars. St. Cyr hopes to spare other's the hard lesson she learned. Jack survived, but he cost St. Cyr more than heartache. “It was for my granddaughter, and I was trying to save him because I couldn't imagine her being so upset about it,” St. Cyr said.