Southern California Animal Shelters & Humane Societies

San Diego Humane Society has a variety of adoptable pets available including cats, dogs and small animals like rats, rabbits, hamsters, birds, reptiles and more.

The County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) provides animal care and control services for all County unincorporated areas, 45 of the 88 incorporated cities within Los Angeles County, and the City of Thousand Oaks in Ventura County.

Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) — operates 7 animal care centers (Agoura Hills, Baldwin Park, Carson/Gardena, Castaic, Downey, Lancaster, Palmdale)

The Department of Animal Services in the City of Los Angeles was established in 1863. There are six animal shelters across LA with locations in Chesterfield Square/South Los Angeles, East Valley in Van Nuys, Harbor in San Pedro, North Central in Lincoln Heights, West LA, and West Valley in Chatsworth. The Department's major areas of responsibility are caring and saving the lives of animals that make their way into one of the six LA City shelters. 

LBACS ensures “Compassion Saves” by supporting the people and animals of our community through outreach, education, guidance, and support services. We protect shelter animals by creating an environment of care through enrichment and innovative programs.

RCDAS operates multiple public shelters / campuses: 

• Western Riverside County / City Animal Shelter (Jurupa Valley)
• San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus (San Jacinto) 
• Coachella Valley Animal Campus (Thousand Palms) 
• Blythe Animal Shelter (Blythe) 

OC Animal Care provides temporary shelter and medical care for "lost" owned or stray animals and opportunities for adoption of these animals. 

The Irvine Animal Care Center provides sheltering, care, and enrichment for homeless, neglected, abused, or unwanted animals. Services include licensing for Irvine residents, pet adoptions, and events. 

CASA will strive to facilitate the placement of stray and unwanted animals and pets in desirable homes; to establish and maintain an animal shelter, which promotes the health, care and handling, and prevent over population and the prevention of cruelty to animals. The animals in our care are never euthanized due to lack space, or due to exceeding a predetermined amount of time.

The animals listed below are available for adoption at the Newport Beach Animal Shelter.  The list is updated every few hours to reflect the current roster of animals whose hold periods have elapsed.  Animals available for adoption from the City of Newport Beach are also listed on the Newport Beach Animal Shelter Facebook and Instagram pages, and FONBAS.org.

Adopting a pet from the City of San Bernardino is simple and rewarding.

Rancho Coastal Humane Society is dedicated to saving lives of abandoned companion animals, promoting adoption into loving homes and offering education programs and support services that inspire and strengthen the human-animal bond. 

The Palm Springs Animal Shelter is an open admissions municipal shelter serving the city of Palm Springs and providing programs for animals, pets and pet owners across the Coachella Valley.