Evacuation orders due to the Palisades Fire caused pets being separated or lost from their families. If you have lost your pets due to the wildfires and are needing assistance to find them, please call the Los Angeles FIRE Evacuation Animal Services Hotline at 213-270-8155. You will be prompted to answer key questions about your pet, their possible location and needs. A care team made of LA Animal Services staff and LAPD officers will receive your request and provide assistance. You will be notified once the care team has visited the property.

If you have lost or found a pet, the City and County of Los Angeles Animal Shelters are partnering with Petco Love Lost a free national lost-and-found pet database, to help reunite pets with their families. By uploading a photo of your lost or found pet to Petco Love Lost, you can increase the chances of a successful reunion. The platform uses photo- matching technology to help reunite lost pets with their pet parents. The community may also view LA Animal Services’ Lost Pet Search page and Los Angeles Animal Care and Control’s Lost Pet page.

Evacuation Centers for People and Pets

There are currently five (5) evacuation centers for residents and their pets displaced by the fire. LA Animal Services is providing crates, bowls, pet food, and blankets. 

• Westwood Rec Center - 1350 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025
• Ritchie Valens Rec Center - 10736 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Pacoima, CA 91331
• Pan Pacific Rec Center - 7600 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
• Pecan Rec Center - 145 S Pecan St, Los Angeles, CA 90033
• Van Nuys Rec Center - 14301 Vanowen St, Van Nuys, CA 91405

Large Animal Evacuation Centers 

• LA Equestrian Center - 480 Riverside Dr, Burbank, CA 91506
• Hansen Dam - 11770 Foothill Dr, Lake View Terrace, CA 91342

For the latest updates on evacuation orders related to the Southern California fires, go to LAFD.org/alerts.

Ways You Can Help Animals in Shelters 

Here are more urgent ways you can help animals in our care: 

• Foster or Adopt a Pet. When you foster you provide temporary care for a dog or cat and create lifesaving space in our shelters for injured, lost, and homeless animals with nowhere else to go; and when you adopt, you are giving that animal a second chance to be in a loving home. 
• Monetary donations. This is the best way to help animals in times of an emergency as it ensures we will be able to access necessary resources to provide support.
• Volunteer. If you are interested in volunteering, please go to our Volunteer page.
• Donate pet food. We accept unopened canned and dry pet food at any of our six LA Animal Services shelters, and at the three Pet Food Pantry locations in Chesterfield Square/South LA (1850 W. 60th St., LA 90047), East Valley (14409 Vanowen St., Van Nuys 91405), and North Central (3201 Lacy St., LA 90031).