[NoHo Arts District, CA] – The new year is the perfect time to adopt or foster a pet, building a healthier routine for yourself while helping LA Animal Services create lifesaving space for animals with nowhere else to go.
2026 New Year’s Resolution: Adopt or Foster a Pet From LA Animal Services to Help Make Lifesaving Space
How to Adopt or Foster a Pet Through LA Animal Services
Adopt a Pet Today
Our shelters are filled with pets ready to meet you and be a part of your family. To view the pets available for adoption, click here. When you adopt a dog, cat, or rabbit from LA Animal Services, your furry friend goes home with you spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and for LA City residents, the first year license fee for dogs.
Meet Chako
Chako (#A2215130) is looking for a forever home. You can scoop him up at the East Valley Shelter. Find out more about Chako:
https://www.laanimalservices.com/pet/a2215130
They Urgently Need Fosters
If you have the time and can allocate some space in your home for animals in our care, visit any of the LA Animal Services Centers in person during operating hours to sign up and begin fostering right away.
Save time at the shelter by printing and filling out the foster form by clicking here. After filling out the PDF, please email your completed form to: ani.foster@lacity.org.
Meet Rodney
Rodney (#A2198625) is looking for a forever home. Find out more about Rodney: https://www.laanimalservices.com/pet/a2198625
“We are in urgent need of fosters for pets currently in our care in order to make room for the animals coming into our shelters as search and recovery efforts continue.”
To become a foster, come to any one of the shelters during open hours with a government-issued photo ID.
They are most in need of fosters for dogs over 35 lbs.
Every day, new animals come through our shelters’ doors, so if you do not find a good match on your first try, please don’t give up!
Where to Go to Adopt or Foster a Pet:
All LA Animal Services have a pet for you, but here are the Valley shelters close by:
East Valley
14409 Vanowen St. Van Nuys, CA 91405
or call (888) 452-7381
West Valley
20655 Plummer St. Chatsworth, CA 91311
or call (888) 452-7381
View the amazing animals available for adoption at the East Valley Shelter by going to https://www.laanimalservices.com/search/pets.