SEIU 721 has announced a strike effective Monday, April 28 at 7:00 p.m. until Wednesday, April 30 at 6:59 p.m. Los Angeles County is working to maintain delivery of essential services, but it is possible that some services and facilities will be affected and the public could experience delays. Please visit https://lacounty.gov/closures/ for more information.
The County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) is one of the largest and most progressive animal control agencies in the United States. DACC has adopted the philosophy of Socially Conscious Animal Sheltering and incorporates the Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare at our seven animal care centers. We serve unincorporated Los Angeles County and 45 contract cities with a combined total population of over three million residents. DACC’s officers patrol and respond to service requests across more than 3,400 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 to include the City of Thousand Oaks. DACC provides animal control and rescue services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and maintains a 24-hour communication center to receive calls from residents.
Besides patrolling busy streets, rural roads, beaches, and canyons for lost, injured, and abandoned animals, our animal control officers also conduct humane investigations when animal cruelty is suspected, provide emergency rescues during natural disasters, enforce all State and local animal control laws, enforce animal licensing laws, and inspect and license commercial animal facilities.
Adopting one of our wonderful animals provides the satisfaction of providing a home to an animal in need. Our animal care centers offer a wide variety of potential pets. Most of our animals are either strays or pets surrendered by their families who can no longer keep them. Our adoption animals have already been examined by a veterinarian, vaccinated against core diseases, spayed or neutered, and microchipped. Participating veterinarians in the community also offer a free veterinary medical exam for adopted pets.
