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Berkeley Animal Care Services

Animal shelter in Berkeley, CA

City-run shelter

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1 Bolivar Drive
Berkeley, CA 94710
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1 Bolivar Drive

Berkeley, CA 94710

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Adoptable pets at Berkeley Animal Care Services

We'll also keep you updated on Reyna's adoption status with email updates.
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Reyna

German Shepherd Dog

Female, 3 mos
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Rosa's adoption status with email updates.
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Rosa

German Shepherd Dog

Female, 3 mos
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Scampi's adoption status with email updates.
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Scampi

Norfolk Terrier

Female, 5 mos
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on John's adoption status with email updates.
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John

American Pit Bull Terrier

Male, 10 mos
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Cole's adoption status with email updates.
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Cole

American Pit Bull Terrier

Male, 1 yr 2 mos
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Lupe's adoption status with email updates.
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Lupe

Boxer/American Pit Bull Terrier

Female, 2 yrs 2 mos
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Lodi's adoption status with email updates.
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Lodi

American Pit Bull Terrier

Male, 4 mos
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Waldorf's adoption status with email updates.
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Waldorf

Havanese/Miniature Poodle

Male, Adult
Berkeley, CA

Shelter FAQs

Berkeley, Oakland, Alameda, Richmond, San Leandro, San Francisco

Additional adoption info

$125 for dogs and $100 for cats, includes spaying or neutering, rabies vaccination, and microchip.

THE BACS 60/6/60 PLAN If you’re sixty or over, and you adopt an animal who is 6 or over, you’ll get a 60% discount on the adoption fee.

You must be at least 21 years old to adopt a pet. We ask that everyone in the household come to meet the pet and we require proof that you can have a pet where you live. This can be a copy of a lease indicating that you may have a cat or dog, or any document indicating home ownership such as a mortgage statement.

There is a simple adoption application to complete which will help us advise and prepare you for your new pet. If you are adopting a dog and have another dog(s) already, we ask that you bring them to meet the dog you would like to adopt. We offer home adoption counseling visits for any of our dogs and may require it for some dogs.

In the event that more than one interested party wants to adopt an animal on the morning it becomes available, we enter the names of qualified adopters into a random drawing.

All cats and dogs adopted from the shelter will be neutered or spayed, vaccinated and microchipped before going home as your new pet. If the animal is spayed or neutered at the time of adoption, it can leave the same day. If the animal is not yet spayed or neutered, you can pick up your new pet the day after surgery.

Pets at shelters & rescues near Berkeley Animal Care Services

Avian Rescue Corporation

1212 Saint Elizabeth Ct,
Concord, CA 94518

We Care Animal Rescue

1345 Charter Oak Avenue,
St. Helena, CA 94574

We'll also keep you updated on Merlin's adoption status with email updates.
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Merlin

Domestic Shorthair

Male, Adult
Alameda, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Kona (Owner Assist)'s adoption status with email updates.
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Kona (Owner Assist)

Domestic Shorthair

Female, Adult
Tracy, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Odin's adoption status with email updates.
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Odin

Mixed Breed (Large)

Male, Senior
Palo Alto, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Dobby's adoption status with email updates.
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Dobby

Terrier (Unknown Type, Medium)

Male, Adult
Burlingame, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Nickel's adoption status with email updates.
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Nickel

Domestic Shorthair

Male, 7 mos
San Jose, CA
We'll also keep you updated on LICORICE's adoption status with email updates.
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LICORICE

Chihuahua

Female, 1 yr 2 mos
San Jose, CA

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