Highlighted Stories From LA Animal Services
Press Releases
December 24, 2025
LA Animal Services Offers Pet Safety Tips For a Merry and Bright Holiday Season
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24, 2025 - With the holidays quickly approaching, LA Animal Services is providing pet owners with some helpful safety tips to keep your furry four-legged family members safe:
Beware of holiday decor. Our pets often see these festive decor as som…
December 23, 2025
COMMUNITY ALERT: WINTER STORM EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Keep You and Your Pets Safe, and Be Storm Ready
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23, 2025 – According to the National Weather Service, a winter storm will bring heavy rain and strong winds to the LA-area through Christmas Day. LA Animal Services reminds pet owners that being prepared a…
December 12, 2025
LA Animal Services Kicks off Operation Santa Paws with The Karen Cooper Foundation
More than 1,000 toys and treats for dogs in City shelters to be donated ensuring our four-legged friends enjoy some holiday cheer
Los Angeles, December 12, 2025 - This holiday season, LA Animal Services is encouraging the gift of giving by launching the Operatio…
November 25, 2025
LA Animal Services Offers Pet Safety Tips To Keep Pets Safe This Thanksgiving Holiday
Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate with family and friends, and enjoy the holiday feast. Some of these festive dishes, however, can pose health hazards for our four-legged friends. LA Animal Services is offering tips to help keep your pets safe this Thanksgiving holiday:
Keep your Thanksgiving f…
October 30, 2025
LA Animal Services Reminds Pet Owners to Check the Chip Ahead of Standard Time
LOS ANGELES, October 30, 2025 - Standard Time starts this weekend, when we fall back one hour. LA Animal Services is reminding pet owners that it’s also a good time to check your pet’s microchip and licensing information to ensure your contact info is up-to-date – especially if…
October 27, 2025
LA Animal Services Offers Halloween Pet Safety Tips
Los Angeles, October 27, 2025 – Halloween can be the spookiest night of the year, especially for our four-legged furry friends! Keeping your pets happy and safe this Halloween doesn’t have to be tricky.
LA Animal Services is offering the following pet safety tips to keep our furry family memb…
October 03, 2025
October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
Celebrate Adopt a Shelter Dog Month With Reduced Adoption Fees
LOS ANGELES, October 03, 2025 - October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, and with our shelters operating at over capacity with medium and larger-sized dogs, LA Animal Services is offering reduced adoption fees for dogs ($51), puppies (…
September 21, 2025
It’s National Preparedness Month!
LA Animal Services Reminds Pet Owners to
Include Pets in Family Emergency Plans
LOS ANGELES, September 19, 2025 – September is National Preparedness Month and the best way to handle any emergency or disaster is by being prepared. An unpredictabl…
August 14, 2025
August 23 To-do: Take an Adorable, Adoptable Dog on an Adventure
Best Friends Animal Society and Los Angeles Animal Services Team-Up to Enrich Dogs Lives
LOS ANGELES (August 14, 2025) — Embrace the final weekends of the dog days of summer by taking an adorable, adoptable shelter dog out on an adventure. Best Friends Animal Society and Los An…
August 06, 2025
LA Animal Services Invites You to Adopt a Pet During the Clear the Shelters Campaign in August
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…
