The Los Angeles Department of Animal Services offers a wide range of services that fulfill its mission to “Promote and Protect the Health, Safety and Welfare of Animals and People in the City of Los Angeles.”

Here is where you will find information about adopting a pet, finding a lost pet, how to license your dog or horse, animal vaccinations, spay/neuter information, microchipping, how to file a barking dog, definitions of animal cruelty and how to report it, or dangerous animal complaint, what to do if you find a stray animal, how to arrange for a dead animal to be picked up, and permit information. As the needs of the community grow, so do our services.

Please check back often to see what new services and information that the Department is offering!

Looking to adopt or foster a pet?

Cats | Dogs | Rabbits | Other
Adoptable Pet Search
Adoptable Pets in Foster Care
Search by Shelter
Animal ID Search
Adoptable Pets Available in Home To Home™

Looking for a lost pet?

Lost Pet Database

Breed Email Alert
Provided by PetHarbor
Dog | Cat

Our six LA Animal Services Centers are open by appointment during the following hours:

Tuesdays through Saturdays: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Sundays: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mondays: Closed 

I Want to Adopt a Specific Pet

If you would like to adopt a pet, please follow these steps:

• Visit laanimalservices.com/adopt and identify an animal you would like to adopt.
• Call 888-452-7381 with the Animal ID number or A# (example: A1234567).
• LA Animal Services will share all the information available on that animal.
• If you’re interested in moving forward with the adoption, LA Animal Services will take your information and schedule a pick-up appointment.
• During the appointment, staff will introduce you to your selected animal.
• To follow COVID-19 safety protocols, social distancing will be observed and face coverings will be required during your scheduled appointment.

I Want to Visit an Animal Services Center to Meet Pets Available for Adoption

If you would like to adopt a pet by by visiting one of our centers to meet animals who are available for adoption, please follow these steps:

• Call 888-452-7381 to make an appointment.
• Potential adopters will be provided a date and time for their visit to one of our Centers, and will be encouraged to view available animals on our website at laanimalservices.com/adopt prior to coming to their appointment.
• Upon arrival for the appointment, staff and volunteers will guide the adopter through the kennels to view animals available for adoption.
• If there is a pet you are interested in adopting, our staff or a volunteer will provide you with all available information on the animal, and you will be escorted to a designated area so you can get acquainted with the animal(s). 
• To follow COVID-19 safety protocols, social distancing will be observed and face coverings will be required during your scheduled appointment. 

I Want to Foster a Pet

Please consider fostering if you are unable to adopt a pet to give them a break from shelter life. You can foster a dog for a day, to a week, to up to three months. When fostering a cat, we recommend fostering a feline friend for a minimum of two weeks. Fostering an animal companion also offers additional opportunities for dogs and cats ready for adoption to meet potential adopters during outings in and around their neighborhoods. 

If you would like to foster a pet, please follow these steps:

• Visit laanimalservices.com/adopt and identify an animal you would like to foster. 
• Email the volunteer liaison at ani.volunteers@lacity.org with your completed foster application (if you have not fostered before), a picture of your government-issued identification with photo (i.e., driver’s license), and the Animal ID number(s) of the pets you are interested in fostering. 
• We will call you once your application is reviewed to schedule an appointment. 

I Want to Be a Foster Kitten Lifesaver

If you have been approved to foster kittens with LA Animal Services, email your district’s lifesaving liaison and Thomas Kalinowski at thomas.kalinowski@lacity.org to be set up with your foster kittens.

LA Animal Services is always looking for foster volunteers who can care for bottle baby kittens — kittens who are learning to eat on their own — as well as sick kittens and moms with litters.. Help save the lives of these vulnerable feline friends. Be a foster volunteer lifesaver! Complete the foster application and email it to ani.volunteers@lacity.org.

See our adoption policy and fees.

See our hours and directions.