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