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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

See every new pet that comes to this shelter!

Create an alert, and we'll notify you every time a new pet comes in who meets your criteria.

Adoptable pets at Berkeley Animal Care Services

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

American Pit Bull Terrier

Male, 3 yrs
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Natty's adoption status with email updates.
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Natty

Maltese/Miniature Poodle

Male, 2 yrs
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 Meeko's adoption status with email updates.
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Meeko

Siberian Husky

Male, 3 yrs
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Babybel's adoption status with email updates.
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Babybel

Siberian Husky

Female, 3 yrs
Berkeley, CA
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 Elsa's adoption status with email updates.
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Elsa

Husky

Female, 4 yrs
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

Giant Steps Foundation

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Homeless Cat Network

Belmont, CA 94002

BARK Rescue CA

41041 Trimboli Way #1032,
Fremont, CA 94538

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

American

Female, Young
Antioch, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Brandon & Marianne - bonded siblings's adoption status with email updates.
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Brandon & Marianne - bonded siblings

Domestic Shorthair

Female, Young
San Mateo & Santa Clara County, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Gizmo's adoption status with email updates.
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Gizmo

Domestic Shorthair

Female, Young
Walnut Creek, CA
We'll also keep you updated on MCKAY's adoption status with email updates.
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MCKAY

Doberman Pinscher/German Shepherd Dog

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

Dove

Female Adult
San Francisco, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Ripley's adoption status with email updates.
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Ripley

American Staffordshire Terrier

Female, Young
San Francisco, CA

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