LOS ANGELES, August 6, 2025 – Because life is better with a furry friend, LA Animal Services is proud to partner with NBC and Telemundo for their annual Clear The Shelters campaign to promote pet adoptions in our community. Since Clear the Shelters launched in 2015, more than 1.2 million pets have found loving homes. With more than 1,800 amazing animals in the six City shelters, LA Animal Services is offering special adoption for dogs, puppies, cats and kittens happening now through August 31.

“Clear The Shelters is back and we are so excited to participate.” said Annette Ramirez, Interim General Manager for LA Animal Services. “We have six Centers across LA City filled with an abundance of incredible pets that are ready for their new homes, and with reduced fees all month, it’s the perfect time to adopt your new companion.”

August 1-15: Adoption fees sponsored by Petco Love

• Dogs and puppies: $20, not including $20 dog license fee for LA City residents
• Cats and kittens: Adoption fees waived

August 16 & 17: Adoption fees sponsored by Pet Care Foundation during Biggies and Meow-Meows Adoption Event

• Dogs and puppies: $20, not including $20 dog license fee for LA City residents
• Cats and kittens: Adoption fees waived

 August 18-31: Adoption fees sponsored by Petco Love

• Dogs and puppies: $20, not including $20 dog license fee for LA City residents
• Cats and kittens: Adoption fees waived

Visit any of our six LA City shelters to meet your new best friend. Furry friends 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. 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. 

To see the amazing animals available to adopt or foster, go to LAAnimalServices.com/pets.

About LA Animal Services

LA Animal Services promotes and protects the health, safety, and welfare of animals and the people who love them, and is one of the largest municipal shelter systems in the United States. With six Centers across the City, LA Animal Services serves approximately 60,000 animals annually and responds to 20,000 emergency calls involving animals or people in danger. For LA Animal Services, there’s no place like home so the Department provides resources to keep pets and families together; helps lost pets get home quickly without having to enter the shelter system; provides pet food assistance; and continues to build on a strong adoption and foster program so pets find loving homes or are placed in foster care. Visit our link.tree for helpful links to the services and resources available to you and your companion animals. Connect with LA Animal Services and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and X.

About Clear The Shelters

NBCUniversal Local’s Clear The Shelters™ is an annual nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign held each August. As part of the initiative, NBC- and Telemundo-owned and affiliated stations partner with animal shelters and rescues in communities across the U.S. to promote pet adoption and raise funds for participating shelters. Since its 2015 inception, Clear The Shelters has led to nearly 1.2 million pet adoptions and raised more than $5 million. Longtime campaign supporters include Hill’s Pet Nutrition, a national sponsor for eight consecutive years, Greater Good Charities and WeRescue. Clear The Shelters was inspired by a 2014 North Texas pet adoption event hosted by NBC 5 / KXAS and Telemundo 39 / KXTX. For more information, visit ClearTheShelters.com.