Resources
LA Animal Services strives to keep pets safe and with the people who love them with the following resources available to Angelenos.
LA Animal Services has alternative solutions to help keep pets and families together.
Events may take place in which you can no longer care for your pet, ranging from financial hardship or a change in your living situation.
Before surrendering your pet to a shelter, please consider the following options that may help to keep you and your furry family member together, and help to ensure life-saving space is available for injured or sick animals who are brought into our Centers.
Home to Home - Pet rehoming service for LA City Residents.
Additional information, and partner organizations may be found here.
For information on renter's rights, visit the Los Angeles Housing Department website at housing.lacity.org. To learn more about assistance and resources available for renters within LA City, go to pets.findhelp.com.
For a comprehensive list of low cost pet services in your area, please visit pets.findhelp.com which is sponsored by Human Animal Support Services (HASS).
LA Animal Services works with the Community Animal Medicine Project (CAMPLA) previously called SNPLA to provide high quality, low-cost veterinary services to underserved communities in the Los Angeles area. CAMPLA has three locations in Los Angeles, including one at our Harbor Animal Services Center. They also have a mobile clinic that visits our animal services centers a few times a month. Since 2007, CAMPLA has spayed and neutered 185,000 cats and dogs. CAMPLA serves over 30,000 pets in need each year at their stationary and mobile veterinary and vaccine clinics.
View the upcoming CAMPLA mobile low-cost pet clinic events by clicking here and to find out more about CAMPLA and its services and clinic locations, visit campla.org.
LA Animal Services provides Free Spay & Neuter Certificates and Discount Coupons for LA City residents.
Canine buddies are eligible for free dog training classes at the Paws for Life K9 Rescue People & Pet Innovation Center in Mission Hills, CA. Visit pawsforlifek9.org/ppic to learn more.
The Pet Food Pantry is a community resource to assist low-income families and individuals in the City of Los Angeles experiencing financial hardship who need help feeding their animal companions. You must enroll in-person at one of the following Pet Food Pantry locations to participate:
Chesterfield Square/South LA Animal Services Center, 1850 W. 60th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90047
East Valley Animal Services Center, 1850 W. 60th Street, Van Nuys, CA 91405
North Central Animal Services Center, 3201 Lacy Street, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Learn more at laanimalservices.com/petfoodpantry.
How to Help LA Animal Services
There are many ways you can help LA Animal Services and the pets in our care. Here are a few examples:
If you discover that your lost pet is at one of our centers, please stop by asap during operating hours to redeem your pet.
In order to redeem your pet, you must present proof of ownership. Proof may include photos, vaccination records, or adoption certificates, among others. You also must present a valid form of government-issued photo identification (i.e. drivers license).
A lost pet does not immediately need to be taken to a shelter.
If you found a lost animal in your community, here are some things you can do to give them the best chance for a happy reunion with their family.
Register the found pet on Petco Love Lost
Go to Petco Love Lost the free searchable national database that uses patented image recognition technology and register the found pet.
Utilize social media
Report the found pet on Pawboost or upload a photo and description on social media platforms that focus on your neighborhood like LA City Lost and Found Pets and Nextdoor.com.
Shelter-at-Home
If you are able to temporarily care for a found pet via Shelter-at-Home, you must notify the closest LA Animal Services Center, send in two or more pictures of the animal, and have them scanned for a microchip within the first four hours of finding the pet. Learn more about Shelter-at-Home here.
If you cannot care for the lost pet
Please bring the pet to the shelter closest to where you found them click here to open our shelter locator tool.
The six LA Animal Services Centers are open Tuesday through Friday from 8am - 5pm and Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 5pm. Centers are closed Mondays and City-observed holidays.
Our shelters are filled with pets ready to meet you and be a part of your family. To view the pets available for adoption, click here.
A government-issued identification (driver's license, state ID, passport) with your name and photo is required to adopt a pet.
LA Animal Services Centers accept payment by cash, check, or credit card (name on credit card must match the name on the photo identification).
If you can't adopt but have time to spare for a short-term commitment, fostering can help provide the shelter space, and give a pet a home enviornment to thrive in.
Volunteers in the shelter spend time with our animals to help them feel safe and significantly reduce their fear, anxiety, and stress. They also help shelter visitors meet their new furry friend. Sign up today to become a volunteer at laanimalservices.com/about-volunteering.
