FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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All Six LA Animal Services Centers are Now Open |
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Los Angeles, March 16, 2021 – LA Animal Services is pleased to announce that all six LA Animal Services Centers are now open. To keep staff, volunteers, and the public safe, appointments will continue for pet adoptions, fostering, and owner surrender. Sick or injured animals will be admitted without an appointment. Appointments may be scheduled by calling 1-888-452-7381.
Masks and social distancing will be required in all six LA Animal Services Centers:
Chesterfield Square/South Los Angeles
1850 W. 60th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90047
East Valley
14409 Vanowen St.
Van Nuys, CA 91405
Harbor
957 N. Gaffey St.
San Pedro, CA 90731
North Central
3201 Lacy St.
Los Angeles, CA 90031
West Los Angeles
11361 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
West Valley
20655 Plummer St.
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Would you like to help us help animals? Here are some ideas:
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If you have found a lost cat or dog, you can help get that pet home by posting a photo and description of the found or lost animal on LA City Lost and Found Pets, Nextdoor.com, Pawboost.com, or Shadowapp.com as well as put up flyers in the neighborhood to help reunite the pet with their families. According to an ASPCA survey, about half of missing dogs and a third of missing cats were found in their own neighborhoods.
Or you can consider our Shelter-at-Home program, which helps reunite animal with their owners.
If you are unable to temporarily keep the lost pet, call 1-888-452-7381 and make an appointment to bring the pet to the nearest LA Animal Services Center.
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Visit laanimalservices.com/adopt and identify an animal you would like to adopt.
- Call 888-452-7381 with the Animal ID number or A# (example: A1234567).
- LA Animal Services will share all the information available on that animal.
- If you’re interested in moving forward with the adoption, LA Animal Services will take your information and schedule a pick-up appointment.
- During the appointment, staff will introduce you to your selected animal.
- Please be advised that due to City order in response to COVID-19, no more than 10 people, which include staff are permitted in our facility at a time.
- Appointments will be scheduled daily from 11am to 4pm.
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Visit laanimalservices.com/adopt to see our animals and identify one to three animals you may want to foster, and get their Animal ID number or A# (example:A1234567)
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Email the volunteer liaison at ani.volunteers@lacity.org with your completed foster application (if you have not fostered before), a picture of your valid government-issued identification with photo (i.e., driver’s license), and the Animal ID number(s) of the pets you want to meet.
- We will call you once your application is reviewed to schedule an appointment.
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I Need to Surrender my Pet |
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If you can no longer keep your pet and are considering surrendering your animal companion, LA Animal Services has partnered with Home To Home™, which gives pet owners the opportunity to find new, loving homes without having to take their furry family member to a shelter. If surrendering your pet is your only option, please call the nearest shelter at 1-888-452-7381 to make an appointment. Please do not bring a pet to one of our Animal Services Centers if you have not made an appointment.
To find out about local resources that may be available to you, please take a look at our community resource guides available at
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I Want to Help Animals in Shelters |
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If you are interested in helping the animals in our care, and would like to make a donation to LA Animal Services, please click here. You can also go online to donate a Kuranda bed and have it sent directly to one of our Animal Services Centers, or you can order pet toys that can’t get chewed up or swallowed, like Kong toys or balls, from our wish lists. For more information, please visit: lanimalservices.com/donate.
For more information about LA Animal Services and our programs and resources, visit laanimalservices.com.
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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. LA Animal Services is part of the Human Animal Support Services (HASS) international coalition, joining 38 municipal shelters and animal welfare organizations across the country to reimagine and transform the way shelters care for animals and their families, by offering access to resources to help keep families together; getting lost pets home quickly without having to enter the shelter system; providing food and medical assistance; and continuing to build on a strong adoption and foster program so pets find their permanent 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, Twitter, Instagram.
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