If you don't see your city or town's rescue or pound in our listings, please send us a message. We'll need the name of the shelter, a web link for it as well as the city or town it's located in. Thank you.
California adoption and rescue centers
City of Adelanto - Adelanto
Animal Services/Municipal Shelter - Apple Valley
Victor Valley Animal Protective League - Apple Valley
Life animal rescue - Agoura Hills
Have a heart animal ranch and rescue - Agoura Hills
Home At Last Rescue - Berkeley
Berkeley Animal Care Services - Berkeley
Paw'd Squad Animal Rescue - Burbank
Pacific Coast Animal Rescue - Burbank
Rags 2 Wags Animal Rescue - Calabasas
HART Homeless Animal Rescue Team - Cambria
Angel Puss & Pooch - Canoga Park
Butte Humane Society - Chico
All Paws Rescue-Rehab - Chino
Tri-Valley Animal Rescue - Dublin
Friends of Cats - El Cajon (Cats Only)
Jason Debus Heigl Foundation - Encino
Ohlone Humane Society - Fremont
Animal Rescue Of Fresno (ARF) - Fresno
California Feline Foundation and Valley Animal Center - Fresno
Central California SPCA - Fresno (Dogs Only)
Barks of Love Animal Rescue - Fullerton
City of Hesperia - Hesperia
All Creatures Great & Small Animal Rescue, Inc. - Hollister (Foster Network)
Doggy Smiles Rescue - Lancaster
Hands Paws And Hearts Rescue - Lancaster
Paw Parent Animal Sanctuary - Lancaster
Pets & Pals Animal Shelter - Lathrop
Furever pets rescues and adoptions - Los Angeles
Karma Rescue - Los Angeles
Hope For Paws Animal Rescue - Los Angeles
Banana's Little Rescue - Los Angeles
Lange Foundation Animal Rescue Care and Placement - Los Angeles
Benevolent Animal Rescue Committee, Inc. (BARC) - Mentone
Animal Assistance League of Orange County - Midway City
Best Friends Animal Society - Mission Hills
SPCA of Monterey County - Monterey
Town Cats - Morgan Hill (Cats Only)
Living Free - Mountain Center
Bay Area Cat Rescue - Mountain View
race for the rescues - North Hollywood
Heaven on earth Perry's place - North Hollywood
Marin County Animal Rescue Shelter - Novato
Hopalong Animal Rescue - Oakland
Oakland Animal Services - Oakland
Oakland SPCA - Oakland
Animal Rescue Recon Inc. - Oakley
West End Shelter For Animals - Ontario
Animal Friends Rescue Project - Pacific Grove
C.A.R.E. Cat and Canine Assistance, Referral and Education - Palmdale
Pasadena Humane Society and SPCA - Pasadena
Azaya Ranch Sanctuary - Petaluma
Contra Costa Humane Society - Pleasant Hill
Valley Humane Society - Pleasanton
Pets In Need - Redwood City
The Cat House on the Kings - Reedley (Cats Only)
Placer SPCA - Roseville
Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary - Sacramento
Sacramento SPCA - Sacramento
River City Cat Rescue - Sacramento
Calaveras County Animal Control - San Andreas
Humane Society of Calaveras County - San Andreas
San Diego Humae Society - San Diego
San Francisco SPCA - San Francisco
Rocket Dog Rescue - San Francisco
Muttville Senior Dog Rescue - San Francisco
Wonderdog Rescue - San Francisco (Dogs Only)
Ramona Humane Society - San Jacinto
13th Street Cats - San Jose (Cats Only)
Forgotten Paws Animal Rescue - San Marcos
GEPDA Rescue - San Martin
Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA - San Mateo
Harbor Animal Shelter - San Pedro
Pug Rescue of northern California - San Ramon
Shamrock Rescue Foundation - Santa Ana
Animal Shelter Assistance Program (ASAP) - Santa Barbara
Project Purr - Santa Cruz (Cats Only)
Santa Cruz SPCA - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter - Santa Cruz & Watsonville
California Animal Rescue - Santa Rosa
Second Chance animal rescue - Selma
Santa Cruz County Animal Care - Scotts Valley
Pets Lifeline Animal Shelter - Sonoma
Friends For Pets Foundation - Sun Valley
Golden Years Dog Sanctuary - Sylmar
Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue - Tehachapi
Benicia Vallejo Humane Society - Vallejo
Golden Hearts Animal Sanctuary - Valley Center
Heaven on Earth Society for Animals - Van Nuys
LA Animal Services - Van Nuys
PATCH rescue - Victorville
Valley Oak SPCA - Visalia
Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation - Walnut Creek
Serenity Place animal rescue - West Hills
Cats R Us rescue - Woodland
Breed Rescues
Horse Plus Humane Society - Bangor (horse rescue)
Chow Chow Rescue of the Sierra Foothills - Grass Valley/Sacramento
Southern California Labrador Retriever Rescue - Irvine
Orange County Pit Bull rescue - La Habra
Coastal German Shepherd Rescue - Lake Forest
Angel City Pit Bulls - Los Angelas
Los Angelas Guinea Pig rescue - Los Angelas
Westside German Shepherd Rescue - Los Angelas
Basset Hound Rescue of Southern California - Long Beach
Persian & Himalayan Cat Rescue of Northern California - Mill Valley
German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County - Newport Beach
Bay Area Keeshond Rescue - Northern California
Dobermans Dachshund-Dalmatians - Palmdale
BCNC Rescue (Bulldog Rescue) - Rescue for all of Northern California
Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network - Romoland
Chako Pit Bull Rescue - Sacramento
Chow Plus rescue - Sacramento
2nd Chance Dachshund Rescue - San Dieago
It's the Pits Rescue - San Dieago (pit bulls only)
Labradors and Friends Dog Rescue - San Dieago
Bay Area Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club, Inc. - San Francisco
The Beagle Rescue Project - San Francisco
San Francisco Samoyed Rescue, Inc. - San Francisco (Covering Northern California
Southern California Keeshond Rescue Inc. - Southern California
Bulldog Club of America Rescue Network - Woodside
Recommended Veterinary clinics and animal hospitals
VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital
1900 S Sepulveda Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone Number: (310) 473-2951
Other resources
P.A.W.S. Forward Foundation - Palmdale To assist veterans of the U.S. military to provide for themselves and the working or emotional support animals assigned to them in an effort to reduce and eliminate the financial, environmental and mental stressors that lead to homelessness and suicide.
Pitbull Puppies for adoption and rehoming: Nationwide
California wildlife center - Calabasas
Williams Rescue Transport - Statewide