LOS ANGELES, March 6, 2025 – Daylight Saving Time starts this weekend, when we spring forward one hour. It’s also Straylight Saving Time when LA Animal Services reminds pet owners that it’s a good time to check your furry friend’s microchip and licensing information to ensure your contact info is up-to-date – especially if you’ve moved or changed phone numbers. A microchip with your most current contact information will help ensure you and your furry friend are reunited should you become separated.

Microchipping is permanent pet identification. The process is safe, simple, permanent, and designed to quickly identify lost pets and reunite them with their owners. The microchip, which is about the size of a grain of rice, is injected beneath the surface of the pet’s skin between the shoulder blades.

If your pet needs a microchip, visit any of our six LA Animal Services Centers to have your companion animal microchipped. The cost is $15. No appointment needed.

Adopt a Pet: Daylight Saving Adoption Event

Open your heart and home to a new furry friend. LA Animal Services is offering the Daylight Saving Adoption Event happening Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9, featuring reduced adoption fees for dogs ($51), puppies ($75), cats ($12.50), and kittens ($25). Adoption fees do not include the $20 license fees for dogs and puppies more than 4 months old for LA City residents. 

Our six shelters are located throughout the City of Los Angeles, and are open Tuesday through Friday from 8am to 5pm, and on the weekends from 11am to 5pm. Shelters are closed on Mondays and City-observed holidays.

To view the amazing animals available for adoption or fostering, go to laanimalservices.com.