LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1, 2024 – LA Animal Services will offer waived or reduced adoption fees for the weekends in November to help the pets in our six Centers find loving homes. Like many shelters across the country, the Department is facing high intake numbers of cats and dogs, with medium- and large-sized dogs making up the majority of the pet population. To encourage animal lovers to adopt, LA Animal Services invites you to meet your new canine buddy or feline friend at one of our special adoption weekend events happening in November:

Fee-waived adoption

• Nov 2–3: Best Friends Super Adoption Weekend at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, and all six LA Animal Services Centers (Waived adoption fees for dogs and cats thanks to our friends at Petco Love)

Reduced Adoption Fees

• Nov. 9–10: Adopt a Senior Pet Month Weekend
• Nov. 16–17: Stray Paws Adoption Event
• Nov. 23–24: Bring Home a Furry Friend
• Nov. 30–Dec.1: It’s a Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend

Reduced adoption fees for dogs, $51 (that does not include $20 license fee for LA City residents); puppies, $75, cats, $12.50; and kittens, $25. 

“While we have placed more than 25,000 dogs and cats into loving homes so far this year, that hasn’t been enough to keep up with the volume of animals coming into our shelters,” said Annette Ramirez, Acting General Manager for LA Animal Services. “We’re needing our Los Angeles community to adopt or foster from our shelters to save more lives and ensure there is lifesaving space for abandoned, sick, or injured animals with nowhere else to go.”

Pets adopted from LA Animal Services join their new families already spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped. Adopters also receive a Petco flyer with discounts to help make their pet adoption a success and a VCA Healthy Start Certificate, which provides up to $250 of follow up veterinary care within the first 14 days of adoption, and for a limited time a free dog or cat bed thanks to a donation from Chewy and Greater Good Charities. In addition, dogs are also eligible for free dog training classes with Paws for Life K9 Rescue at their People & Pet Innovation Center in Mission Hills, CA. Contact info@pawsforlifecanine.org for more details. 

If you can't adopt, please consider temporarily fostering a pet. When you foster a canine buddy or feline friend, you not just help that animal, but also free up a space for another dog or cat in need. Click on the links to view canine buddies and feline friends available for adoption or fostering.

For more information about LA Animal Services, visit: laanimalservices.com.