YOUR DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL

The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control is one of the largest and most progressive animal control agencies in the United States. Our six animal shelters serve all unincorporated County areas and 50 contract cities. We cover more than 3,200 square miles of cities, deserts, beaches, and mountains; from the Antelope Valley in the north to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the south; as far east as the border of San Bernardino County and west all the way to Thousand Oaks. We provide animal control and rescue services 24 hours a day, seven days a week in our service area

Our shelters offer a wide variety of potential pets for you and your family to choose from. Most of our animals are either strays or pets turned in by owners no longer able to keep them. The many benefits of adopting from a County Animal Care Center include; low-cost spaying and neutering, a free veterinary check-up, and the knowledge that your new pet has already received initial vaccinations against contagious diseases.

Besides patrolling busy streets, back roads, beaches and canyons for lost, injured and abandoned animals, our animal control officers also sell dog licenses, conduct humane investigations whenever cruelty to animals is suspected, provide emergency rescues during natural disasters, and enforce all state and local animal control laws.

If we can ever assist you in the months and years ahead, please don’t hesitate to call your nearest County Animal Care and Control Center.