Los Angeles, September 30, 2022 – Our six LA Animal Services shelters are full with more than 1,400 dogs, 1,300 cats, and 400+ pockets pets that include rabbits, hamsters, and Guinea pigs. As we near capacity, we are looking to YOU, our animal-loving community, to help these amazing pets in our shelters find their new homes.

To encourage the adoptions of dogs and cats in our shelters and to kick off October as ‘Adopt A Shelter Dog’ month, LA Animal Services will be offering reduced adoption fees on Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2. Adoption fees for dogs are $51 (not including $20 license) and $75 for puppies. Adoption fees for cats and kittens will be waived thanks to a generous grant from the ASPCA. 

“As an open intake shelter, we take in all animals who come in through our doors but we are running out of space,” said Annette Ramirez, Interim General Manager for LA Animal Services. “We desperately need the community’s help to foster or adopt a pet as the numbers of animals being brought into our shelters are being outpaced by the number of pets we are able to place into homes.”

Dogs and cats adopted from LA Animal Services join their new families already spayed or neutered, vaccinated, licensed, and microchipped, and adopters receive a VCA Healthy Start Certificate, which provides up to $250 of follow up veterinary care within the first 14 days of adoption. In addition, canine companions adopted from LA Animal Services are also eligible for free dog training classes at the Paws for Life K9 Rescue People & Pet Innovation Center in Mission Hills, CA. Contact Info@pawsforlifek9.org for more details.

View the wonderful dogs, cats, rabbits, and pocket pets who are ready to meet you and who are available for adoption in our Centers by going to laanimalservices.com/adopt.

Can’t Adopt or Foster - You Can Still Help

• Shelter-at-Home (provide temporary shelter for lost pets in your neighborhood while posting flyers or posting the pet’s info on social media, e.g. Nextdoor, LA Animal Services Lost and Found Facebook page, Pawboost.
• Home-to-Home (a resource to help pet owners find a new home for their furry friend without taking them to a shelter).
• Donate and make a difference to help pets in LA.
• Share posts of pets available for adoption on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Nextdoor.
• Volunteer and make a difference in the lives of animals in our care. 

Center Operating Hours

Our six LA Animal Services locations are open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 8am to 5pm, and Saturdays and Sundays, from 11am to 5pm, for pet adoptions, fostering, and owner surrenders. Appointments are required on Wednesdays and Fridays, and our Centers are closed on Mondays. Sick or injured animals will be admitted without an appointment. Appointments may be scheduled by going online or by calling 1-888-452-7381.

To follow COVID-19 safety protocols, social distancing will be observed and face coverings will be required when in our Centers.

Per City Ordinance 187219, you will need to show proof of your COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of entry into the shelter. You can request a digital COVID-19 Vaccination Record if you were vaccinated in California (unless you were vaccinated at a federal facility) by visiting MyVaccineRecord.cdph.ca.gov. For any questions regarding vaccination records, visit the LA County Vaccine Records website.

For more information about LA Animal Services, visit laanimalservices.com. 

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LA Animal Services promotes and protects the health, safety, and welfare of animals and the people who love them, and is one of the largest municipal shelter systems in the United States. With six Centers across the City, LA Animal Services serves approximately 60,000 animals annually and responds to 20,000 emergency calls involving animals or people in danger. LA Animal Services is part of the Human Animal Support Services (HASS) international coalition, joining 38 municipal shelters and animal welfare organizations across the country to reimagine and transform the way shelters care for animals and their families, by offering access to resources to help keep families together; getting lost pets home quickly without having to enter the shelter system; providing food and medical assistance; and continuing to build on a strong adoption and foster program so pets find their permanent homes or are placed in foster care. Visit our link.tree for helpful links to the services and resources available to you and your companion animals. Connect with LA Animal Services and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.