LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6, 2026 - It’s a brand new year, and the perfect time to add a furry friend to your family! Adopting or fostering a pet as a New Year's resolution can boost happiness, build a new routine, and also creates lifesaving space in our shelters for animals coming in that have nowhere else to go.

Adopt a Pet Today

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. When you adopt a dog, cat, or rabbit from LA Animal Services, your furry friend goes home with you spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and for LA City residents, the first year license fee for dogs. Adoption fees include vaccinations, spaying or neutering surgery, microchipping for dogs, cats and rabbits; and for City of LA residents, the first year license fee for dogs.

We Urgently Need Fosters

If you have the time and can allocate some space in your home for animals in our care, visit any of our LA Animal Services Centers in person during operating hours to sign up and begin fostering right away.

Save time at the shelter by printing and filling out the foster form by clicking here. If the link does not open in a new page, you may download the form by right clicking and then selecting "save as" to save the pdf. After filling out the PDF, please email your completed form to: ani.foster@lacity.org.

• We are in urgent need of fosters for pets currently in our care in order to make room for the animals coming into our shelters as search and recovery efforts continue.
• To become a foster, come to our shelters during open hours with a government issued photo ID.
• We are most in need of fosters for dogs over 35 lbs. 
• Every day new animals come through our doors, so if you do not find a good match on your first try, please don't give up!

For more information on LA Animal Services, and tips on how to keep your pets safe, visit laanimalservices.com.