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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

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Bella

American Pit Bull Terrier

Female, 8 mos
Berkeley, CA
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Fletcher

Belgian Malinois

Male, 5 mos
Berkeley, CA
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Agatha

German Shepherd Dog

Female, 5 mos
Berkeley, CA
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Oster

French Bulldog

Male, 6 yrs
Berkeley, CA
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Killua

German Shepherd Dog/Husky

Male, 3 yrs
Berkeley, CA
Special Needs
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Joy

German Shepherd Dog

Female, 4 mos
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

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PO Box 4251,
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Finding Keepers 4 Creatures

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Tracy, CA 95304

Rhodie's Rescue

PO Box 433,
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Puddles

Jack Russell Terrier/Chihuahua

Male, Young
Lafayette, CA
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Bear

Domestic Shorthair

Male, Adult
Alameda, CA
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&CRACKER

Guinea Pig

Male, Adult
San Jose, CA
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Scruffy

Domestic Shorthair

Male, Adult
Castro Valley, CA
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Cassie

Domestic Shorthair

Female, Young
Walnut Creek, CA
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Fresa

Domestic Shorthair

Female, Adult
Burlingame, CA

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Animal Charities in Berkeley, CA

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Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs

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Animal Legal Defense Fund

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