Animal Control Services & Shelters
Los Angeles County

Sunny, adopted from the SEAACA Shelter. Courtesy of Sunny's adoptive family.

According to a report for calendar year 2025 from the City of Los Angeles Animal Services, 48,838 animals were impounded that year, including cats, kittens, dogs, rabbits and other animals. Of these, the largest share were 20,240 dogs, making up 41 percent of the year's intakes. About 80 percent of the animals in the agency's custody that year were adopted, placed, returned, or released. About 15 percent had to be euthanized.

The County of Los Angeles Animal Care and Control, reports by fiscal year, rather than calendar year. It reported that in fiscal year 2025-2026 it impounded 38,790 animals. Of these, 22,619 were dogs, or 58 percent. The county also adopted, placed, returned, or released a lower percentage of their animals than the City of L.A., at 69 percent. In addition, 30 percent of animals were euthanized by the county, a larger percentage than by the L.A. agency. The county’s euthanization rate, however, is still much less than in the past, when more than half the animals in custody were euthanized.

See our alphabetical list of Los Angeles County communities with shelters servicing those communities.

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--Also visit Best Friends Animal Society - Los Angeles.

One of the latest animal shelters in Los Angeles County is the $4.3 million facility opened in 2014 for the Pasadena Humane Society. It is considered one of the best in the country. In addition to a few new additions, the shelter is actually a renovation of the historical building that the society has occupied since the 1930s.

In 2015, the Pasadena Humane Society opened the $3 million Neely Cat Center to provide shelter for up to 200 cats with emergency needs, a special area for feral cats and a protective area for kittens too young for adoption. The facility was funded by the William R. Payden Philanthropic Trust. The center's name commemorates Neely, William Payden’s Siamese cat for 18 years.