Animal Shelters in Los Angeles and Southern California
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Animal Shelters
- Animal Match Rescue Team, Inc.
"AMRT.NET is dedicated to facilitating adoption of shelter and rescue pets
in the Southern California area. We believe there are a lot of pets
euthanized in shelters while there are potential pet owners looking to
adopt and cannot find them. The goal of the creators of this web site is
to assist potential pet owners in finding a shelter or rescued pet."
- City of Los Angeles
Animal Services.
- Glendale Humane Society. "The Glendale Humane Society is a
private non-profit 501(c)(3) humane rescue and education organization,
founded in 1924. For more than 80 years, the GHS has worked to find safe,
loving homes for lost, unwanted and abandoned companion animals in
Southern California.
We are a no-kill facility. The majority of our animals come from city and
county shelters that routinely euthanize adoptable animals due to
over-crowded conditions. Once at Glendale Humane Society, these animals
remain in our care until placed in loving, permanent homes.
- Inland
Valley Humane Society & SPCA. "In 1949, four women in the Inland
Empire were appalled. They saw the way that stray animals in their
community were housed and treated and were not happy. Rather than simply
complain to their city, these women decided to do something. The four of
them pledged $1 each to form a corporation dedicating itself to aiding the
animals of their community and the Pomona Valley Humane Society was
created.
Today, we are known as the Inland Valley Humane Society & S.P.C.A. (IVHS-SPCA).
We currently serve 11 cities and county areas with a total population of
over 750,000. We provide food, shelter and medical treatment to over 400
dogs and 200 cats each day. We handle service calls ranging from deceased
animal pick-up to investigating complaints of animal abuse.
What started as the mission of four women has grown into a foundation
dedicated to caring for animals and to educating the communities that we
serve. Our mission is "To care for, to protect and to speak for all the
animals in our community." We strive to live that mission every day and to
work to provide the care and beliefs that our founders intended."
- Irvine Animal Care Center. "Our 5-acre facility houses
nearly 3,000 homeless animals every year. Our pets live in roomy kennels
with plenty of beds, blankets and toys, and each of them also enjoys daily
playtime in our enclosed yards and exercise rooms with their buddies
(two-legged and four-legged!).
If there's one thing our 25 staff members and 300 volunteers have in
common, it's that we're crazy about animals! We work hard to make sure
that our pets are comfortable and happy during their stay with us, and
that we place them in just the right adoptive homes. 90% of the animals
who arrive at our shelter are either returned safely to their owners, or
adopted into new, loving homes."
- Long Beach Health and Human Services Animal Control. "The Bureau
of Animal Control is responsible for enforcing all Federal, State and
local laws pertaining to the ownership and treatment of animals within the
City of Long Beach and contract cities. The Bureau conducts annual
low-cost rabies clinics to assist residents in complying with licensing
laws, and provides public education and awareness programs on responsible
pet ownership and the importance of spaying/neutering to combat the animal
overpopulation problem. Annually, the Bureau of Animal Control responds to
over 21,000 calls for service and handles more than 20,000 animals.
- Los Angeles
County Animal Shelters from the Department of Animal Care & Control.
- Mission Viejo
Animal Shelter. Comment: One of the best animal services Web
sites listed here. It should be the model that other animal shelters
follow.
- Orange Animal Care Services. "Animal Care Services promotes:
responsible pet ownership; health and safety of people and animals and
spay/neuter programs. The Animal Care Center provides temporary shelter
and medical care for "lost" owned or stray animals and opportunities for
adoption of these animals.
Animal Care Services is a division of Regulatory Health Services. Animal
Care Services provides pet licensing and patrol services to 19 contract
cities and all the unincorporated areas of the County. Animal Care
Services Care Center houses and provides medical care for impounded dogs,
cats and exotic animals. Adoption services are also available."
- Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA. "The Pasadena Humane Society &
SPCA is an independent, private, non-profit organization dedicated to the
welfare of our animal friends since 1903. Each year we care for more than
10,000 animals from the seven cities we serve: Pasadena, South Pasadena,
San Marino, La Canada/ Flintridge, Sierra Madre, Arcadia and Glendale. Our
services include animal control, investigation of animal cruelty and
neglect, licensing for La Canada and Arcadia, adoptions, pet behavior help
and training classes, and humane education."
- Riverside
Department of Animal Services.
- Santa
Monica Animal Shelter. "The Santa Monica Animal Control Section
provides numerous services to the community, including the investigation
of complaints regarding animals and the operation of a full-service animal
shelter serving the City of Santa Monica."
- Seal
Beach Animal Care Center. "The Seal Beach Animal Care Center is
a non-profit animal shelter dedicated to aiding lost and abandoned pets,
helping people with pet related problems, promoting responsible pet
ownership and pet population control, and preventing cruelty to animals
through educational programs."
- Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. "spcaLA is an
independent, nonprofit animal welfare organization serving Southern
California since 1877. Donations run programs and services including
Cruelty Investigation, Disaster Animal Response Team, Humane Education and
a variety of shelter services.
spcaLA is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, independently chartered
organization that is not affiliated with any other "SPCA" or humane
society. There is no national SPCA, parent organization, or umbrella group
that provides financial support. Each SPCA and Humane Society are
completely unrelated organizations.
spcaLA does not receive funding from any federal, state or local
government agency. Financial support for the organization's humane
programs is provided solely by donations from individuals, corporations,
and foundations.
spcaLA believes that animals, as living creatures, have value beyond
economic measurement, and are entitled to legal, moral and ethical
consideration and protection......spcaLA is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals through
Education, Law Enforcement, Intervention and Advocacy."
- Southeast Area Animal Control Authority (SEAACA). "Founded in
1975, the Southeast Area Animal Control Authority (SEAACA) is a municipal
joint-powers agency serving 12 cities in Los Angeles County...SEAACA
shelters strays and injured or sick animals rescued by Animal Control
Officers or concerned members of the public. When a resident in SEAACA's
service area must give up a pet but cannot find a suitable home, SEAACA
accepts the animal. SEAACA wants all the animals taken in to find
wonderful homes. Though the placement rate is never 100%, adoption numbers
are steadily improving..."
- County of Ventura
Animal Regulation. "The Department of Animal Regulation serves a
dual role in that we are tasked with protecting the animals of Ventura
County from the actions of cruel, neglectful and irresponsible people and
of protecting the people of Ventura County from dangerous, vicious and
destructive animals.
We provide services that include the impounding of: stray animals; pickup
and treatment of sick and injured strays; wildlife that is presenting a
traffic hazard, public nuisance or health risk; stray and unwanted
livestock or fowl; nuisance animal investigations; bite investigations and
quarantines; license sales and rabies vaccination clinics; euthanasia and
disposal services; pickup of dead animals (except livestock) and
assistance with animal evacuations during disasters. We do not provide
spaying and neutering, kennel services, microchip services or veterinary
care to the general public.
At our Camarillo Shelter we house impounded stray, abandoned, lost and
homeless animals and provide veterinary care, housing and board while the
animals await reclaim or adoption. Adoption and reclaim of animals is
available during public Counter Hours."
- West (Los Angeles) Animal
Shelter.
