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Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A municipal open-admission shelter creating positive impact by enriching the lives of animals and people through adoption, foster care, TNR programs, and community services. The center accepts all animals regardless of health, behavior, or adoptability and partners with rescue groups to maximize pla
Home-based / foster network — serves the Atascadero, CA area
A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that fiscally sponsors and supports small rescue groups that rescue, rehabilitate, foster, and adopt out dogs, cats, and other animals.
Jurupa Valley, CA
Government animal shelter and services department serving Riverside County with multiple locations offering adoption, foster programs, and animal control services.
Rohnert Park, CA
Municipal animal shelter serving Rohnert Park and the City of Cotati. Take in strays and owner surrender animals.
Sacramento, CA
A comprehensive animal shelter and rescue organization providing adoption services, low-cost spay/neuter clinics, foster care, and community cat programs to the Sacramento area.
Grass Valley, CA
Sammie's Friends was created in 2004 in order to provide medical care for the shelter animals that were being euthanized because of illness or injuries. We have successfully reduced the euthanasia rate in our county from 68% to less than 1%. We did this by providing medical care and by marketing our
San Diego, CA
The open-admission animal services agency for unincorporated San Diego County that protects the health, safety, and welfare of people and animals, taking in nearly 7,000 lost, homeless, and abandoned animals each year.
San José, CA
City of San José's animal care and adoption facility offering dog, cat, and small animal adoptions along with foster programs and community services.
Home-based / foster network — serves the Tehachapi, CA area
A small local 501(c)(3) rescue organization in Tehachapi that creates a foster network to rescue abandoned, stray, and relinquished pets from the community and Kern County shelters, providing care, evaluation, and adoption services.
San Francisco, CA
A volunteer-run foster-based rescue dedicated to saving the lives of injured, sick, abandoned, and ownerless animals, with a special focus on animals with special needs and preventing animal cruelty and neglect.
Home-based / foster network — serves the Benicia, CA area
A cat rescue organization dedicated to finding loving homes for cats and kittens in need. The organization has been serving the community for 40 years.
Santa Rosa, CA
A county animal shelter operated by the Department of Health Services providing adoption services, lost and found support, spay/neuter programs, fostering, and animal control services for Sonoma County residents.
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