Free, first-of-its-kind platform for pet owners in Los Angeles to find and access pet food banks, affordable veterinary care, and more.

Support is just a click away!

Los Angeles, July 11, 2022 – LA Animal Services is excited to announce the launch of a free, first-of-its-kind website where people in Los Angeles can find and access free and low-cost pet services. With pets.findhelp.com, support is just a click away!

Simply enter your zip code, then search pets.findhelp.com for whatever pet services you're interested in, from pet food pantries and training, to veterinary care and more of LA Animal Services’ partners. You can also browse the free and low-cost pet support services in Los Angeles. 

The need for pet support is urgent. Families are struggling, and pets are affected, too. This leads to loved pets being given up every single day by heartbroken owners who think this is their only option. 

Until now, people in Los Angeles haven't always known how to find, or access, these needed pet resources that would help them care for their pets through difficult times. 

Pets.findhelp.com, created by Human Animal Support Services, is the first platform of its kind to make accessing pet support in Los Angeles easy. 

The website is launching in Los Angeles; Atlanta, GA; San Diego, CA; Fresno, CA; Rochester, NY; and Dallas, TX; in partnership with Human Animal Support Services, with plans to expand to more cities across the country throughout 2022.

"Finding resources and programs to help keep people and their furry family members together can be challenging and often difficult to find," says Annette Ramirez, Interim General Manager for LA Animal Services. “With the launch of pets.findhelp.com, people can find and learn about all the support that LA Animal Services and our community partners have available for anyone who needs it, by typing in their zip code on the site."

"Pets and people belong together," says Maddie’s® American Pets Alive! director Kristen Hassen, who leads the Human Animal Support Services project. "With pets.findhelp.com, we honor and preserve the human-animal bond by making sure that families can find and access the support they need, and pets are not unnecessarily given up to shelters."

Follow the link for more information about pets.findhelp.com.  

For more information about LA Animal Services and available resources near you, visit laanimalservices.com/resource-guides.

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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.

About Human Animal Support Services:

American Pets Alive!’s Human Animal Support Services project is an international, collaborative effort of more than 2,100 animal shelters and 10,000 animal welfare professionals who are working together to keep pets with their families and reimagine animal services to better support their communities.