School and Children’s Group Tours

Would you and your school or children’s group like to tour the Irving Animal Care Campus? We would love to show you all that it has to offer.

If you would like to schedule a visit, please review the following and submit the Child Group Tour request form:

  1. Try to schedule your visit 3 to 4 weeks in advance to allow us to check volunteer availability.
  2. Each child and adult must have a completed DFW Humane Society Liability Waiver and IAS Liability Waiver.
  3. Please allow 45-60 minutes for your visit.
  4. Please indicate a particular date you prefer, so that we can determine if a tour docent is available.
  5. The shelter is open Tuesday through Saturday.
    • Earliest tour visit start is 12:00 pm. – depending on the availability of our volunteers
    • Latest tour visit start is 3:00 pm – depending on the availability of our volunteers
  6. For all school and children groups, the shelter visit typically includes:
    • A tour of our shelter facility
    • Education about basic pet care
    • Information about how to interact with shelter pets

Direct pet interaction is limited. Depending on the ages of the children, there may be an opportunity to either take the children to meet the dogs and cats and let them gently pet them under the supervision of our volunteers.