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Adoption > Animal shelters & Humane societies

Animal shelters, humane societies, and adoption centers are a great place to search for your new best friend!

While many of the shelters listed below provide services such as animal control and licensing to specific areas, the animals in their care can be adopted by anyone, regardless of where you live. Some of the shelters also have mobile adoptions that are held at locations throughout the community.

The majority of animals at the locations listed below are cats and dogs. However, rabbits, birds, and other animals may also be available.

Santa Barbara Humane Society

5399 Overpass Rd
Santa Barbara, CA 93111

805-964-4777 (Phone)

An independent non-profit organization serving the community with a shelter, animal adoption services, a spay and neuter clinic, humane education center, boarding kennels,...

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Santa Maria Animal Center

548 W Foster Rd
Santa Maria, CA 93455

805-934-6119 (Phone)

One of the three animal shelters that make up Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

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Santa Maria Valley Humane Society

$10 spay/neuter for dogs in the 93458 zip code of Santa Maria.

1687 W Stowell Rd
Santa Maria, CA 93458

805-349-3435 (Phone)

A non-profit, no kill adoption center and low-cost spay/neuter clinic

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Santa Monica Animal Control and Shelter

1640 9th St
Santa Monica, CA 90404

310-458-8594 (Phone)

Provides animal control, sheltering, and pet licensing for Santa Monica. Non-resident dogs with Santa Monica permit tags may use the off-leash area at Airport Park only....

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Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center (SPARC)

705 E Santa Barbara St
Santa Paula, CA 93060

805-525-8609 (Phone)

The first and only dedicated open-admission No Kill animal shelter in Ventura County.

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Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society

111 Commerce Dr
Buellton, CA 93427

805-688-8224 (Phone)

Mission-to serve our community by providing and promoting humane, compassionate, and conscientious care of companion animals and preventing their overpopulation, and to further...

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SEAACA

The BIG MEOW provides FREE spay/neuter of owned outdoor cats in the SEAACA service cities.

9777 Seaaca St
Downey, CA 90241

909-625-1044 (After hours emergency)
562-803-3676 (Fax)
562-803-3301 (Phone)

Southeast Area Animal Control Authority

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Seal Beach Animal Care Center

1700 Adolfo Lopez Dr
Seal Beach, CA 90740

562-594-0003 (Fax)
562-430-4993 (Phone)

An all-volunteer, non-profit pro-humane animal shelter committed to finding permanent, loving homes for all the animals that come into our care. Animal control for Seal Beach...

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Shafter Animal Control and Shelter

18849 S Shafter Ave
Shafter, CA 93263

661-746-8500 (Alt)
661-746-2140 (Phone)

Provides animal control, pet licensing and shelter services for Shafter.

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Shelter Me

A social network to help shelter animals get adopted. It's a platform that allows anyone to create beautiful profiles of shelter pets by uploading photos, video and detailed...

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spcaLA South Bay Pet Adoption Center

12910 Yukon Ave
Hawthorne, CA 90250

310-676-4784 (Fax)
310-676-1149 (Phone)

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Tehachapi Humane Society

21600 Golden Star
Unit # 3
Tehachapi, CA 93561

661-823-0699 (Phone)

Volunteer organization that advocates spaying and neutering of pets, and provides voucher assistance to people in the community who need help with the cost.

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The Barstow Humane Society

2480 E Main St
Barstow, CA 92311

760-252-4800 (Phone)

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The Humane Society of the Desert/Orphan Pet Oasis

17825 N Indian Canyon Ave
North Palm Springs, CA 92258

760-329-7944 (Fax)
760-329-0203 (Phone)

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The Orange County Humane Society

21632 Newland St
Huntington Beach, CA 92646

714-536-4541 (Fax)
714-536-8480 (Phone)

A non-profit organization dedicated to the care and protection of pets in our community. Pets found in Costa Mesa and Newport Beach are brought to this shelter.

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