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Pet Resources in Los Angeles, California

Animal Services Businesses

• Directory of animal services businesses in Los Angeles and Southern California.  

Animal Shelters

• Directory of Los Angeles and Southern California animal shelters.  

Blogs

• Directory of Los Angeles and Southern California pet blogs.  

Discussions

• Directory of online discussions about pets in the Los Angeles and Southern California area.  

Government

Los Angeles City

• City of Los Angeles, Department of Animal Services.

Los Angeles County

• Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control. "The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control is one of the largest and most progressive animal control agencies in the United States. Our six animal shelters serve all unincorporated County areas and 50 contract cities. We cover more than 3,200 square miles of cities, deserts, beaches, and mountains; from the Antelope Valley in the north to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the south; as far east as the border of San Bernardino County and west all the way to Thousand Oaks. We provide animal control and rescue services 24 hours a day, seven days a week in our service area.
  Our shelters offer a wide variety of potential pets for you and your family to choose from. Most of our animals are either strays or pets turned in by owners no longer able to keep them. The many benefits of adopting from a County Animal Care Center include; low-cost spaying and neutering, a free veterinary check-up, and the knowledge that your new pet has already received initial vaccinations against contagious diseases.
  
  Besides patrolling busy streets, backroads, beaches and canyons for lost, injured and abandoned animals, our animal control officers also sell dog licenses, conduct humane investigations whenever cruelty to animals is suspected, provide emergency rescues during natural disasters, and enforce all state and local animal control laws.
  If we can ever assist you in the months and years ahead, please don’t hesitate to call your nearest County Animal Care and Control Center." 

Housing

• See rentals for people with pets.

Organizations

• Directory of Pet Organizations in Los Angeles and Southern California.

Parks & Beaches

• San Pedro
  • Peninsula Dog Parks, Inc. "Peninsula Dog Parks, Inc., was organized in 1998 by concerned dog owners in the San Pedro/Palos Verdes Peninsula area who saw a need for an off-leash dog park. We are an all-volunteer, non-profit group governed by a six member Board of Directors. PDPI has worked closely with government officials and local agencies to make this park possible. While the Port of Los Angeles has been extremely generous in establishing the park, other needed supplies will be provided on an on going basis through our fund-raising efforts of PDPI. In August of 2003 Knoll Hill Off-Leash Dog Park became a reality due to the dedication and hard work of individuals and agencies committed to creating a safe and secure area where the community’s canines can exercise off-leash including: Councilwoman Janice Hahn and the Port of Los Angeles." 
• Huntington Beach
  • Huntington Dog Beach. "Huntington Beach, CA, with a population of 200,000 is located 37 miles south of Los Angeles and 89 miles north of San Diego. Dog Beach is located on Pacific Coast Highway between 21st St. and Seapoint St. in the beautiful city of Huntington Beach (about 10 miles from Disneyland in Anaheim). One mile of golden sands and the exciting Pacific Ocean have made Dog Beach a paradise for dogs where they can frolic in the water and taste a sense of freedom--rarely found elsewhere.
• Long Beach
  • Long Beach Recreation Dog Beach. "The city has opened a portion of the beach as an off-leash exercise area in Belmont Shore as part of an one-year pilot project. (See a bird's-eye view of the designated area.) The Dog Zone encompasses nearly 3 acres at water's edge between Quincy and Argonne avenues." 
  • Long Beach Recreation Dog Park. "The association, established in 1995, is a nonprofit organization to raise funds to maintain and improve an area of Recreation Park and the Dog Zone at the beach where pet dogs can be exercised off-leash.
• Redondo Beach.
  • Redondo Beach Dog Park. "'Friends of the Redondo Beach Dog Park' is dedicated to preserving and expanding safe, responsible, off-leash access for dogs. 'Friends' works with the city of Redondo Beach location to develop and maintain a safe, off-leash recreation area.
    
    We organize and sponsor park activities and are strong advocates of responsible dog ownership. All of our work is done by volunteers and our elected board members." 

Publications

• Publications about pets in the Los Angeles and southern California area.  

Rescue Services

• Ace of Hearts. "We are a 501c-3 dog rescue foundation dedicated to rescuing dogs, the day they are to be euthanized, from various Los Angeles shelters and placing them in loving homes. We do NOT take dogs in... we rescue only from shelters. The Ace of Hearts Foundation is in memory of "Ace", a wonderful American Bull dog who was rescued from death, and touched the lives of many! (Especially founder Kari Whitman!) We rescue all breeds...and don't discriminate against any!"
• Adopt-A-Chow L.A. "We Rescue chows (& mixes) and help 0wners who can no longer care for their dogs. We re-home saved dogs through our 'outreach' program and by posting our dogs on 3 additional websites. We provide options (kennels, pet friendly housing info, open adoptions to attend, etc.) as a humane alternatives to putting dogs in kill shelters." 
• Akita Buddies. "Akita Buddies Akita Rescue is committed to locating loving permanent homes for the canine friends who come into the organization’s care. Akita Buddies works hard to become an important information center to current and potential owners of Akitas so that they can raise healthy, socialized, and happy Akitas.
  
  Akita Buddies Akita Rescue has a outdoor kennel that is dedicated to rescue, training and boarding of Akita’s and are available to respond to inquiries for information and assistance for Akita owners. Volunteers donate their time for shelter checks, temperament evaluations, transportation and foster care as well as financial donations for veterinary bills, supplies and food.
  
  We rely heavily on donations to support our rescue efforts. Many of the Akita’s that come here are from California Animal Shelters or Humane Societies. Others come from Arizona and Nevada facilities and from owners who can no longer care for them. Some have just been abandoned.
• Animal Network of Orange County. "Animal Network was founded By DiAnna Pfaff-Martin, who also founded, Community Animal Network a non-profit vet medical rescue 501.3C that rescues local death row shelter and abandoned animals.
  
  Network placement dollars protect Community Animal Network's donated dollars by taking all operations debt. Community Animal Network's donated dollars go only to vet services and medical supplies, food and care of the rescue animals."
• Animals Rule. "Animals Rule Placement Foundation was founded in 2003 by Stephanie Crawford. We are a group of non paid volunteers who have come together to rescue and foster animals in need of adoption. We believe in the spay & neuter of all animals, regardless of breed, in order to aid in the prevention of pet overpopulation. We strive to help decrease the number of dogs being euthanized in our local animal shelters by providing basic training for those dogs that have behaviors which need to be modified. We also make sure sick or injured animals receive veterinary care and necessary rehabilitation. Our dogs come to us from a variety of different sources. Some dogs are rescued from our City and County Shelters, most are strays, neglected, abandoned or abused dogs, and others are from our Community Outreach Program which helps to rehome family pets." 
• Family Additions. "We have many abused and abandoned kittens, cats, and dogs looking for good people to adopt them. Won't you help us?" 
• PAL Rescue & Adoption. "We are a nonprofit organization working to place abandoned and unwanted pets in safe, permanent homes." 
• Pet Pro Life. "Pet Pro Life benefits the community by providing the following services:
  • Assisting owners in finding new homes for their pets.
  • Referrals to low cost spay/neuter and vaccination clinics as well as to animal welfare groups.
  • Spaying or neutering every animal placed by Pet Pro Life, which helps alleviate the over population of animals in our community.
  • Educating the public about animal welfare issues.
  • Encouraging the adoption of shelter animals and rescuing "Death Row" animals."