Find the specifically cited animal care, control, shelter referral or administrative contact. County browsing does not establish that every city or every animal is served by that provider.
In California, 52 county departments, 5 public authorities and 1 city government publish 58 official links for this service. Reviewed requirements cover availability notices (21), eligibility (10), appointments (7), processing time (1) and documents (1). 58 counties have a page for it below.
58 guides with reviewed service links · Reviewed local guides
Highlighted counties have a reviewed service guide matching this selection. An agency may serve only a city or part of a county.
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Showing 58 guides as a short list. Choose your county or type a city above to see each guide’s instructions, conditions and sources here.
Official animal care/control provider associated with Alameda County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Animal services
County Animal Services and Capabilities exist Alpine County does not have an animal services department and partners with Douglas County, Nevada for their day-to-day animal control needs. For daily Additional organizations: operations, the Environmental Health Director for the county will investigate initial • Alpine County calls within the county and then will transfer to Douglas County. During emergency evacuations, Douglas County will provide animal services in Nevada and Alpine Community County law enforcement officers can escort owners to get their animals, if it is Emergency Response determined safe. Team (CERT)
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Official animal care/control provider associated with Amador County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
The Amador County Animal Control Department operates one shelter within the County. The shelter's function is to impound stray animals; pick up and provide medical care for sick and injured animals; Adopt all adoptable animals into new homes; issue citations for violations of applicable laws and ordinances; rescue endangered animals; conduct preliminary investigations of inhumane treatment of animals; investigate and correct animal nuisance complaints; receive and hold animals for evidence; provide the observation of biting animals for the County Health Officer; issue licensing; and provide routine patrol services.
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Official animal care/control provider associated with Butte County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Calaveras County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Colusa County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Contra Costa County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Del Norte County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
The Department of Animal Services is engaged in the enforcement of state laws, regulations, and county ordinances relating to domestic animals. Activities include dog licensing, operating the county dog pound, maintaining dog license and rabies vaccination records, impounding stray dogs and livestock, investigating dog bites, quarantining dogs that have bit, investigating loose or nuisance dog complaints, and livestock complaints. Other areas of responsibility include licensing kennels, investigating potential violations of humane laws, picking up small dead animals for disposal from county roadways, and picking up injured domestic animals.
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Official animal care/control provider associated with El Dorado County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Shelter Operations houses and cares for stray, unwanted, or displaced animals. Every effort is made to place healthy, adoptable animals into new permanent, loving homes. We coordinate foster and volunteer programs, educate the community on pet overpopulation, and help people who have lost or found a pet.
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County Public Health animal-services program and its linked Fresno Humane shelter referral; this does not make the contractor a county-owned department.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Glenn County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
If you have lost or found a pet or livestock, please call our non-emergency dispatch line 530-934-6431 to make a report.
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Official animal care/control provider associated with Humboldt County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Imperial County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Service area: The Animal Care and Control Program (ACCP) serves Imperial County’s unincorporated areas—over 4,000 square miles of towns, desert, and farmland—with 24/7 rescue and control services. Our shelter is full of lovable pets ready for a second chance!
The Animal Care and Control Program (ACCP) serves Imperial County’s unincorporated areas—over 4,000 square miles of towns, desert, and farmland—with 24/7 rescue and control services. Our shelter is full of lovable pets ready for a second chance!
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Official animal care/control provider associated with Inyo County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Kern County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Kings County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Kings County Animal Services – Animal Services division under the Kings County Sheriff’s Office - houses animals from the unincorporated parts of Kings County and Hanford City. Field Services is responsible for responding to animal calls in the unincorporated areas of the county. Types of calls Animal Services responds to include bite cases, restraint issues, animals running at large, welfare checks (neglect, cruelty cases, animal abuse).
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Official animal care/control provider associated with Lake County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Lassen County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Los Angeles County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Madera County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →MGSA manages the Marin Humane contract with the County and cities/towns. Marin Humane is the actual care/control provider.
Service area: Marin Humane (MH) operates a county-wide animal care and control services program through a contract and partnership with the County and the cities and towns of Marin. The MGSA manages the MH contract in partnership with the County. Animal Services was added as a program for MGSA in 2015 and has included facilitating contract negotiations with MH, annual budget development, and resolution of various animal related issues with stakeholders.
Marin Humane (MH) operates a county-wide animal care and control services program through a contract and partnership with the County and the cities and towns of Marin. The MGSA manages the MH contract in partnership with the County. Animal Services was added as a program for MGSA in 2015 and has included facilitating contract negotiations with MH, annual budget development, and resolution of various animal related issues with stakeholders.
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Official animal care/control provider associated with Mariposa County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Mendocino County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
All calls for service received that come in during off hours will be reviewed when staff comes on duty. Please make sure to leave a call back number. Staff will call you at their first opportunity.
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Official animal care/control provider associated with Merced County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Current county staff-directory contact and official animal-control complaint portal only; no shelter facility, adoption, pet-license workflow or visit hours is verified.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Mono County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Animal Services is a public health and safety enforcement agency dedicated to protecting people from animals and animals from people. We are committed to safeguarding community health and animal welfare. McAs achieves this through administering rabies control programs, public education initiatives, the promotion of responsible pet ownership, and facilitating the adoption of stray or unwanted animals.
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Official animal care/control provider associated with Monterey County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Napa County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Nevada County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
County of Nevada operates the Nevada County Animal Shelter, which contracts with Sammie's Friends, a local animal shelter. The shelter accepts lost animals and facilitates animal adoptions. During emergency evacuations, Sammie's Friends may also serve a safe temporary shelter for animals.
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Official animal care/control provider associated with Orange County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Placer County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
All animals will be spayed/neutered, vaccinated, dewormed, provided flea treatment and microchipped prior to leaving the shelter.
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Official animal care/control provider associated with Plumas County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Riverside County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Note: Please be aware that all numbers below go to our centralized call center.
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There are no direct phone numbers to any of our shelter locations.
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Official animal care/control provider associated with Sacramento County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →City of Hollister provider. The source separately limits owner surrenders and after-hours stray intake to animals residing/found in San Benito County; this does not establish every city’s field response or licensing boundaries.
The Hollister Animal Shelter provides 24-hour emergency services for injured, sick, and aggressive stray animals. For assistance after normal business hours, please contact the Hollister Police Department at (831)636-4330 and an Animal Control Officer will be dispatched.
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Official animal care/control provider associated with San Bernardino County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Service area: San Bernardino County Animal Care is an animal welfare agency that operates the Big Bear and Devore Animal Shelters to provide programs and services to all unincorporated areas of San Bernardino County, and the cities of Big Bear Lake, Highland, and Yucaipa. If you live outside of our service areas, please check our list of other animal care agencies that provide service in the County.
Official animal care/control provider associated with San Diego County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Service area: We serve the unincorporated areas of San Diego County.
Official animal care/control provider associated with San Francisco County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
San Francisco Animal Care & Control works daily to keep our community safe and to protect animals from abuse, neglect, and cruelty. SFACC is the City’s only open admission shelter; we accept all animals regardless of temperament, medical condition, or species. We rescue, reunite and rehome all species of animals.
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County Sheriff animal services handles county responsibilities; the county explicitly contracts with the City of Stockton for dog/cat sheltering and does not operate its own shelter.
Animal Services is operated under the direction of the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office. It is responsible for protecting public health and safety by enforcing local, state, and federal laws and regulations that pertain to domesticated animals and their care in the unincorporated areas of San Joaquin County. Animal Services, in conjunction with the County Public Health Department, administers the state-mandated rabies control program, including vaccination clinics, reporting bites, and quarantine of biting animals within both County and City jurisdictions. The division, in conjunction with the County Community Development Department, administers local code enforcement related to animal zoning ordinances. Animal Services officers impound stray and unmanageable animals, remove injured, sick or dead animals, and inspect privately owned kennels and livestock areas, provide assistance with predatory animals, investigate complaints of animal abuse or neglect and take appropriate action to deal with other problems associated with the care of animals.
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The county does not operate an animal shelter. Instead, pursuant to FAC 31106 the Animal Services Division, through the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office, contracts with the City of Stockton for sheltering services of impounded animals. The City of Stockton provides for the sheltering of dogs and cats.A private contract is maintained for the hauling, board and care associated with impounded livestock.
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Official animal care/control provider associated with San Luis Obispo County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Service area: The Animal Services Division is responsible for providing animal care and control services throughout the County of San Luis Obispo and within each of the seven incorporated communities. Animal Services staff serve the community by helping to identify solutions to animal related problems, enforcing local ordinances and state laws relating to animals, providing humane education programs, and performing rabies control and surveillance. The Division also operates the only open-intake animal shelter in the county.
County Health administers the program; Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA is the explicitly named private nonprofit contract provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Santa Barbara County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Santa Clara County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Santa Cruz County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →The Sheriff’s Animal Regulations program serves unincorporated Shasta County. A county-operated animal shelter or dog-license workflow is not established by this page.
Service area: Shasta County Animal Regulations services the unincorporated areas of Shasta County; to file a complaint or contact an officer please call 245-6065. In the case of an emergency call 911. To reach the non-emergency dispatcher please call 245-6540.
Official animal care/control provider associated with Sierra County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Pay the $292.00 fee (per animal) to the shelter.
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Official animal care/control provider associated with Siskiyou County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Solano County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Sonoma County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Actual Stanislaus Animal Services Agency website. Its current legal government parent has not been independently bound to a registry government identity in this review. Temporary adoption promotions are not published as ongoing fees.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Sutter Animal Services Authority is a JPA of Sutter County, Yuba City and Live Oak; the county page states that Yuba City operates the services.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Tehama County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Trinity County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Tulare County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Tuolumne County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Ventura County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
Service area: VCAS provides contract services to the residents of Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Simi Valley, Ventura, and all unincorporated areas of Ventura County. VCAS is dedicated to improving the lives of the animals in their care, and to safeguard the community through rabies suppression and the sheltering of stray animals.
Ventura County Animal Services (VCAS) is an open admission, lifesaving, municipal animal welfare agency in the County of Ventura. The Camarillo Shelter, the main shelter, is located between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Counties and houses the Administrative Offices and Veterinary Hospital. The Camarillo Shelter has a 400-animal capacity which can increase to over 900 during declared natural disasters.
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The Simi Valley Animal Shelter is smaller facility located three miles from Moorpark College and can house up to 40 animals. The Simi Valley Shelter, however smaller, offers many of the same services and opportunities as the Camarillo Shelter, such as the intake of stray and surrendered animals, pet adoptions, pet licensing, the reclaim of lost animals, and volunteer opportunities.
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Actual Yolo County Animal Services provider site. The menu-only county source was not used as service evidence; current operator/legal government binding needs separate reconciliation.
Full guide, contact details & sources →Official animal care/control provider associated with Yuba County for browsing. Service areas can differ between sheltering, field response and licensing; confirm the specific address, species and service with the provider.
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