Highlighted Stories From LA Animal Services
LA Animal Services and The Pet Care Foundation Host Biggies & Meow Meows July Adoption Event
LOS ANGELES, July 5, 2024 – In an effort to help find homes for the animals in the overcrowded city shelters, and to save more lives, the Paula Kent Meehan Pet Care Foundation is sponsoring the Biggies and Meow-Meows Adoption Event, starting now through July 31, 2024. During the Biggies & Meow Meows adoption month, the adoption fees for dogs over 40 lbs. are $51 (that does not include $20 license fee for LA City residents); puppies: $75, cats: $12.50; and kittens: $25.
LA Animal Services Urges Angelenos to Help Save Animal Lives, and Keep Pets Safe this Fourth of July
LOS ANGELES, June 21, 2024 – The 4th of July holiday and the days that follow are the busiest times for LA Animal Services Centers. The loud noises and bright lights caused by fireworks frighten pets causing them to escape their homes and end up in City shelters. To ensure there is life saving space in our shelters, LA Animal Services is offering the following lifesaving ways so lost pets are reunited with their families, animals in our shelters may be adopted or fostered, and pets at home stay safe.
News From LA Animal Services
July 05, 2024
LA Animal Services and The Pet Care Foundation Host Biggies & Meow Meows July Adoption Event
LOS ANGELES, July 5, 2024 – In an effort to help find homes for the animals in the overcrowded city shelters, and to save more lives, the Paula Kent Meehan Pet Care Foundation is sponsoring the Biggies and Meow-Meows Adoption Event, starting now through July 31, 2024. During the Biggies & M…
June 21, 2024
LA Animal Services Urges Angelenos to Help Save Animal Lives, and Keep Pets Safe this Fourth of July
LOS ANGELES, June 21, 2024 – The 4th of July holiday and the days that follow are the busiest times for LA Animal Services Centers. The loud noises and bright lights caused by fireworks frighten pets causing them to escape their homes and end up in City shelters. To ensure there is life saving spa…
May 31, 2024
LA Animal Services Makes Urgent Call To Help Save Lives
LOS ANGELES – LA Animal Services shelters have been in crisis for more than two years and are working urgently to bring the department back on track. The crisis has put staff, volunteers and animals in harm’s way. Even as the department succeeds in adopting out dozens of animals each day, more an…
December 04, 2023
Community Alert: LA County Public Health Investigating Respiratory Disease in LA County Dogs
LOS ANGELES, December 4, 2023 – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health recently issued a release about dogs becoming ill with a respiratory illness known as Atypical Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease (aCIRD) after visits to group settings for dogs, or boarding and daycare facilitie…
November 30, 2023
Tis' the Season to Bring a Pet Home for the Howlidays from LA Animal Services
LOS ANGELES, November 30, 2023 – LA Animal Services is inviting Angelenos to bring an animal Home for the Howlidays. With the goal of finding foster and adoptive homes for 3,000 pets this howliday season, LA Animal Services will be offering reduced adoption fees for dogs and puppies (excluding $20…
November 04, 2023
Join LA Animal Services at the Best Friends Super Adoption Weekend & Adopt a New Furry Friend
LOS ANGELES, November 1, 2023 – LA Animal Services invites you to join us for the return of the Best Friends Super Adoption Weekend happening Saturday, November 4 and Sunday, November 5, at the historic LA State Park from 10am to 4pm. To encourage pet adoptions, LA Animal Services will be waiving ad…
October 20, 2023
It's Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
Five Reasons to Adopt a Dog from LA Animal Services
LOS ANGELES, October 20, 2023 – October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month and our six LA Animal Services Centers are filled with dogs who need a home. To encourage our animal loving community to adopt and welco…
October 18, 2023
LA Animal Services General Manager Shares Enhancements to Life-Saving Efforts During Her First 90 Days
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When LA Animal Services General Manager Staycee Dains was appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in July, she joined the Department with decades of experience in animal welfare and a proven record of leadership to transform LA into the most human…
October 05, 2023
National Playgroup Rockstars Adoption Event Highlighting Super Social Dogs at Animal Shelters, including LA Animal Services, in Rocktober
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5, 2023 – In a unique collaboration, national nonprofit organization Petco Love is teaming up with Dogs Playing for Life and BOBS from Skechers™ for National Playgroup Rockstars Adoption events at 30+ animal shelters across the country, including LA Animal S…
September 12, 2023
Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Takes Proactive Steps in First 2 Months, Calls on Public to Help Confront Emergency at LA Shelters
LOS ANGELES, September 12, 2023 – After two months on the job visiting shelters and meeting with volunteers and stakeholders, LA Animal Services General Manager Staycee Dains today laid out proactive steps to begin addressing the state of LA animal shelters, and also called on Angel…
