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title: "Hyde County Animal Shelter Numbers and Spay/Neuter Help"
description: "Where Hyde County stands in the 2025 NC shelter report, low-cost spay/neuter help, its state legislators and its live rank on the NC petition."
url: https://ncpetproject.org/counties/hyde/
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# Hyde County animal shelters and spay/neuter
Where Hyde County stands on the petition, what its shelters reported for 2025, who represents it in the NC General Assembly and where to find low-cost spay/neuter.
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[Sign for Hyde County](#sign)
## Sign for Hyde County
Your signature counts for Hyde on the county leaderboard.
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## Hyde County's shelter picture
**Hyde County is not in the state's 2025 shelter report.** It does not appear in the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 2025 CY Public Animal Shelter Report as posted (file replaced October 12, 2026), so there are no state figures to show here.
[Why some counties are missing from the report](https://ncpetproject.org/nc-county-shelter-report/#thirty-six-counties-are-missing-from-the-file)
## Low-cost spay/neuter in Hyde County
[Hyde County on the coverage map](https://ncpetproject.org/nc-spay-neuter-coverage/#county-hyde) · [Search by ZIP code](https://ncpetproject.org/get-help/)
No provider is listed in Hyde County. The nearest option in our listings is **Pamlico P.A.W.S.**, about 41.8 miles from the center of the county. The statewide SpayNC Helpline, [1-888-623-4936](tel:+18886234936), can point you to the closest option.
Checked October 2026. Call before you go.
## What the petition asks for
In 2025, North Carolina's reporting public shelters euthanized 39,202 dogs and cats, 26.0% of the animals they took in ([NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services](https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/veterinary/aws/Fix/reports)). The state spay/neuter program paid $250,954 against $659,626 in eligible county requests. The petition calls on the North Carolina General Assembly to:
1. Create a dedicated, self-sustaining spay/neuter fund, similar to Maryland's pet food registration fee, which pet food companies pay for each dog and cat food product registered in the state.
2. Increase the state appropriation to the Spay/Neuter Account so it can meet county demand.
3. Enforce shelter reporting under G.S. 19A-65 so every county files a complete report on time.
4. Strengthen breeder oversight. Today North Carolina licenses only dealers who sell to pet shops, other dealers or research facilities. Breeders who sell directly to the public currently need no license at all.
[Sign for Hyde County](#sign)
## Who represents Hyde County
All of Hyde County is in one NC House district and one state Senate district, so these two legislators represent everyone in the county. The button below loads them both with a ready-to-edit letter.
### NC House
- [Rep. Keith Kidwell](https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/749) Republican · District 79
### NC Senate
- [Sen. Norman W. Sanderson](https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/S/375) Republican · District 2
[Email your legislators](https://ncpetproject.org/email-your-legislators/?county=Hyde)
## Hyde County in the news
- Ocracoke Observer · June 11, 2025
[Taking care of community cats is good for the community](https://ocracokeobserver.com/2025/06/11/taking-care-of-community-cats-is-good-for-the-community/)
OcraCats' year-round TNR and feeding program has cut Ocracoke's community cat population from about 1,000 to roughly 375, with kitten births falling from 91 in 2020 to 12 in 2024.
## Hyde County champions
**Help Hyde climb the board: become its county champion.** Champions share the page, bring in signers and keep their county's numbers moving.
[Become Hyde's champion](https://ncpetproject.org/volunteer/?county=Hyde&role=champion)
## Where to share it in Hyde
Every group has its own rules. Read them before posting, and share the county numbers, not just a link. Some groups do not allow petition or survey posts.
- [Ocracats](https://www.facebook.com/Ocracats) Pets and animals 8.8K followers (Oct 2026) Ocracoke's community cat nonprofit (TNR, feeding, adoptions). Linked from ocracats.org.
## Hyde County share kit
For shelters, rescues, clinics and anyone posting about Hyde County. The images show Hyde's place on the board right now, so download fresh ones before each post. The website version updates by itself.
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**Put it on your website**Paste this into any page. It shows Hyde's live place on the board with a sign button, updated every time the page loads. Sites that block scripts show the live image instead.
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**Post text**Ready to paste with either image. Edit it to sound like you. Sign the NC spay/neuter petition for Hyde County and help it climb the county leaderboard. It takes 30 seconds: https://ncpetproject.org/counties/hyde/ Copy text
## Neighboring counties
- [Beaufort County](https://ncpetproject.org/counties/beaufort/)
- [Dare County](https://ncpetproject.org/counties/dare/)
- [Tyrrell County](https://ncpetproject.org/counties/tyrrell/)
- [Washington County](https://ncpetproject.org/counties/washington/)
[All 100 counties on the leaderboard](https://ncpetproject.org/counties/)
## Questions
### How is Hyde County's rank worked out?
Every signature counts for the county the signer chooses on the form, or the county of their ZIP code if they leave it blank. The board ranks counties two ways: by total signatures, and by signatures per 10,000 residents (US Census estimates, 2024), so a small county can lead too. Ties on one measure are broken by the other. The numbers on this page come from the same live count as the [leaderboard](https://ncpetproject.org/counties/#county-leaderboard).
### I live near the Hyde County line. Which county should I pick?
Pick the county you live in. The form starts on Hyde County, and if your ZIP code belongs to another county it offers to switch, so your signature counts where you live.
### Where do the shelter numbers come from?
From the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 2025 Public Animal Shelter Report (the version the state posted on October 12, 2026, which its page still labels "As of 7.27.26"), which counties file under G.S. 19A-65. They cover dogs and cats only, with every reporting shelter in the county added together. The [county shelter report](https://ncpetproject.org/nc-county-shelter-report/) explains the data and its gaps.
### Do the Hyde County legislators listed here all represent me?
Yes, if you live in Hyde County. The whole county is in one NC House district and one state Senate district, so the two legislators listed here represent everyone in it, from the NC General Assembly's county representation list. [Email them both](https://ncpetproject.org/email-your-legislators/?county=Hyde) with a ready-to-edit letter.
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