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CALIFORNIA ANIMAL SHELTERS,
S.P.C.A.s & HUMANE SOCIETIES
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Southern California
Animal Rescue & Adoption
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County of San Diego Animal Services
County of San Diego (CoSD)
(serving the unincorporated county & the
Cities of Carlsbad, Del Mar, Encinitas, Poway,
San Diego, Santee & Solana Beach)
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San Diego Humane Society & SPCA
San Diego Humane Society & SPCA
(serving San Diego County & San Diego)
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Escondido Humane Society
Escondido Humane Society (EHS)
(serving inland north San Diego County & Escondido)
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Capistrano Animal Rescue Effort
Capistrano Animal Rescue Effort (CARE)
(serving San Juan Capistrano)
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Inland Valley Humane Society & S.P.C.A.
Inland Valley Humane Society & S.P.C.A.
(serving the communities of Chino, Chino Hills,
Claremont, Diamond Bar,
La Verne, Montclair,
Ontario, Pomona and San Dimas)
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spcaLA - Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles (spcaLA)
(serving Southern California including Los Angeles,
Long Beach,
Canoga Park, Hawthorne &
Santa Monica)
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The Glendale Humane Society
Glendale Humane Society (GHS)
(serving Glendale &
Southern California)
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Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA
Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA
(serving Pasadena, South Pasadena, San Marino,
La Canada / Flintridge, Sierra Madre, Arcadia
& Glendale)
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Animal Rescue Volunteers
Animal Rescue Volunteers, Inc.
(serving Ventura & Los Angeles Counties &
Simi Valley)
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Humane Society of Ventura County
Humane Society of Ventura County
(serving Ventura County & Ojai)
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California Central Valley
Animal Rescue & Adoption
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California Bay Area
Animal Rescue & Adoption
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Northern California
Animal Rescue & Adoption
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CALIFORNIA CAT ADOPTION & RESCUE
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Cat Rescue Southern California
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CAUSE 4 CATS, Inc.
Lolette & Russ Robrahn, Cause 4 Cats, Inc.
(serving portions of Kern,
Ventura & Los Angeles Counties including
Frazier Park, Gorman, Lebec &
Pine Mountain Club)
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Friends of Cats, Inc.
Friends of Cats, Inc.
(serving El Cajon & the San Diego area)
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NATCAT - The National Cat Protection Society
The National Cat Protection Society (NatCat)
(serving the San Diego & Orange County areas
including Spring Valley &
Newport Beach)
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California Central Valley
Cat Rescue & Cat Adoption
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California Bay Area
Cat Rescue & Cat Adoption
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DOG RESCUE CALIFORNIA,
DOG ADOPTION CALIFORNIA
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Southern California
Dog Rescue & Dog Adoption
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FOREVER FRIENDS
Golden Retriever Rescue
Forever Friends Golden Retriever Rescue
of Ventura County (FFGRR) is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization
whose mission is to help alleviate the suffering
of Golden Retrievers in need: those who have
been abandoned, abused, neglected, have lost their
homes or families, or are in need of medical help.
FFGRR will fulfill this purpose by evaluating the
health and behavior of the dogs taken in,
providing medical care as needed, screening
potential adopters, and placing rescued Goldens
in appropriate homes.
(serving Ventura County & southern Santa
Barbara County)
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German Shepherd Rescue
Los Angeles - Orange County - Tehachapi
German Shepherd Rescue
(serving Los Angeles & Orange Counties &
the Cities of
Burbank & Tehachapi)
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Golden Retriever Club of Greater Los Angeles Rescue
Golden Retriever Club of Greater Los Angeles Rescue
(GRCGLA Rescue)
(serving Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside,
San Bernardino & Ventura Counties)
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Labrador Rescuers
Labrador Rescuers
(serving San Diego, Riverside,
Southern San Bernardino &
Southern Orange Counties)
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Retrievers & Friends of Southern California, Inc.
Retrievers & Friends of Southern California, Inc. (RFSC)
(serving Southern California
with placement to Riverside, San Bernardino,
San Diego & Orange Counties)
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Second Chance at Love Humane Society
Second Chance at Love Humane Society
(serving San Luis Obispo County
& Templeton)
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Southern California German Shepherd Rescue
Southern California German Shepherd Rescue (SCGSR)
(serving Southern California
& San Diego)
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Southern California
Golden Retriever Rescue
Southern California Golden Retriever Rescue (SCGRR)
has a mission:
To find loving, lifetime homes for all Southern
California golden retrievers in need, regardless
of conditions or circumstances.
SCGRR is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) organization that
takes in golden retrievers or golden retriever
mixes from shelters and owners who can no longer
care for them; places them in interim foster
homes for evaluation and socialization, if
necessary; conducts in-home interviews of
applicants; and ensures adopted goldens are
spayed/neutered, microchipped, and up-to-date
on shots.
(serving Southern California)
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California Central Valley
Dog Rescue & Dog Adoption
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Basset Rescue of Central California
Basset Rescue of Central California (BRCC)
(serving Fresno & the
Central Valley from Bakersfield to Modesto)
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Animal Rescue of Fresno
Animal Rescue of Fresno (ARF)
(serving the City of Fresno)
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Central California Labrador Retriever Rescue
Central California Labrador Retriever Rescue (CCLRR)
(serving the greater Sacramento area south to
Merced,
including telephone area codes 209,
916 & 530)
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German Shepherd Rescue of Sacramento Valley
German Shepherd Rescue of Sacramento Valley (GSRSV)
(serving Sacramento County &
the Sacramento Valley)
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NorCal Aussie Rescue
NorCal Aussie Rescue, Inc. (NCAR)
(serving Sacramento, the
Central Valley & the Bay Area,
including telephone area codes
530, 916, 209, 925, 408, 707 & 510)
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California Bay Area
Dog Rescue & Dog Adoption
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Northern California
Dog Rescue & Dog Adoption
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Homeward Bound
Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary, Inc., is a volunteer organization which rescues and heals
displaced, abandoned, and homeless Golden
Retrievers and Golden/Labrador mixes
throughout Northern California, no matter
their age or health.
Homeward Bound secures safe, loving homes through
a comprehensive adoption program, and provides
sanctuary for Goldens who cannot be adopted.
(serving North Central California)
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NORCAL Golden Retriever Rescue
NORCAL Golden Retriever Rescue
(serving Northern California
from Fresno to the Oregon border)
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Nor Cal Animal Rescue Friends/Nor Cal Beagle Rescue
Nor Cal Animal Rescue Friends (NCARF)
(serving Northern California
including Sacramento & the Bay Area)
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Northern California Sled Dog Rescue
Northern California Sled Dog Rescue (NorSled)
(serving Northern California
counties including Contra Costa, Solano, Sonoma,
Marin, Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, Glenn,
Sutter, Yuba, Butte & Yolo)
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CALIFORNIA HORSE & EQUINE
ADOPTION & RESCUE
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Southern California
Horse Rescue & Adoption
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Northern California
Horse Rescue & Adoption
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CALIFORNIA REPTILE ADOPTION & RESCUE
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People have come together worldwide and in the State of California to
assist a special class of friends unable to speak for themselves
— our pets and companion animals. These people have formed
humane societies and animal adoption and rescue agencies of local,
regional, national and even international scope. Most humane societies
and animal rescue agencies are not-for-profit organizations, relying
upon donations, grants and volunteer assistance. The focus and goals of
each agency vary, but as a group they serve to perform and promote the
following important functions:
- Protection, rescue and placement (through adoption or return to owner)
of lost, endangered and abused domestic animals;
- Education of pet owners and prospective pet owners regarding the
health, safety and proper care of pets;
- Operation of clinics to insure that even low-income pet owners can have
their animals innoculated against common diseases;
- Sponsorship of humane programs to limit or reduce populations of
domestic animals that have, through abandonment and subsequent
overbreeding, become feral (wild); such programs typically include
sterilization (neutering) and redomestication;
- Introduction and sponsorship of legislation regarding protection of
animals.
If you are a resident of the State of California, would like to become a pet
owner (Pet caretaker is a better term; if you are a true pet
lover you realize that pets should not be treated as property and that
your pets really own you.) and believe you can do so responsibly (See our
Pet
Health & Safety Tips.), please consider pet adoption from
a California animal shelter, humane society or a pet adoption and rescue
agency. When you adopt a dog, cat, or other pet, you provide love and
care to an animal who might otherwise never find a home. Hundreds of
thousands of abandoned or lost pets are euthanized annually in the U.S.
alone because no one comes to their aid and the cost to maintain them
in animal shelters is simply too high. Dogs and cats are the preferred
pets of Americans; sadly, this makes them the most abundant and hence,
as a group, the most neglected. Let’s each do our part to help all
of our “fur-footed” friends find the good homes they so richly
deserve; adopt a dog, cat or other pet or donate to a California pet
adoption agency.
Authored by Kenneth L. Anderson.
Original article published 24 January 2004, updated 27 June
2005.
Follow links to the right to learn more about California animal protection,
pet adoption and pet rescue agencies. These include but are not
limited to cat adoption and rescue agencies, dog adoption and rescue
agencies, humane societies and S.P.C.A.s. The links are currently arranged
in a general south to north geographic configuration within groupings such
as Animal Shelters, Humane Societies & S.P.C.A.s and
Dog Adoption & Rescue.
At the left margin, Related Links address topics of interest
pertaining to pets and companion animals. View the
Pet Adoption & Rescue SiteMap
for a complete list of animal adoption agencies, humane societies and pet placement topics.
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