The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter provides 24-hour animal rescue and is Santa Cruz County’s only full service, open-admission animal shelter. SCCAS has two locations where people can find and recover lost pets and adopt new animal companions. These shelters are tangible evidence of Santa Cruz County’s commitment to animal welfare. They are supported by numerous volunteers and foster care families who provide thousands of hours of assistance to SCCAS staff. We rescue and assure temporary shelter, veterinary and humane care for approximately 5,000 stray, unwanted, abandoned, mistreated, neglected and injured animals every year.
Except for those in foster care off-site, all our adoptable animals can be viewed during normal business hours. Visitors interested in spending time with specific animals are asked to fill out an adoption application and advise the client services staff as to which animals they want to meet.
Santa Cruz CA 95065 | 0.6 mile away
The Santa Cruz SPCA provides safe harbor for animals in need and promotes an active humane community through adoption, advocacy, and education.
Santa Cruz CA 95063 | 1.2 miles away
Animal Shelter Relief Rescue (ASR) is an all-volunteer, non-profit, 501(c)(3) animal rescue based in Santa Cruz, CA. Our mission is to relieve overcrowded animal shelters through rescue, thereby reducing euthanasia.
Scotts Valley CA 95067 | 4.8 miles away
The Rabbit Haven rescues abandoned rabbits and guinea pigs and accepts surrendered rabbits and guinea pigs from the general public and shelters in Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, San Benito and Monterey Counties. We then work to place these rescued animals into loving foster homes, secure medical care including needed spay neuter, and then place them into permanent homes. The Rabbit Haven w
Scotts Valley CA 95067 | 4.8 miles away
The Center for Animal Protection and Education (CAPE) works to save the lives of individual animals who are older or have special needs and to educate people about ways in which they can change their own lives to alleviate animal suffering.
Aptos CA | 4.9 miles away
Hound Sanctuary offers rescue, rehabilitation, foster, placement, long-term support, and safe haven to needy hounds, with a focus on the Podenco Ibicenco (Spanish Ibizan hound) and other sighthounds (including galgos, salukis, deerhounds, and similar) from Spain and the USA.
Ben Lomond CA | 9.1 miles away
Paws for Genesis is an all-breed dog rescue based out of Santa Cruz County. We save dogs from high-kill shelters all over California and give them a new beginning in life. We hope to bring more awareness to the many adoptable dogs that are being over looked in shelters and give them the loving forever homes they deserve. Paws for Genesis was, like many rescues inspired by one of our own pups, Gene
Santa Cruz CA 95061 | 10.9 miles away
Four Paws to Love is an all volunteer non-profit 501(c)(3) animal rescue group. Our mission is to rescue homeless and at risk pets from overcrowded shelters, thereby reducing euthanasia. We value the bond between humans and animals and appreciate the important role that pets play in our everyday lives. Our goal is not only to help animals, but to help people whose lives are greatly enriched by ad
Watsonville CA 95076 | 11.4 miles away
The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter provides 24-hour animal rescue and is Santa Cruz County’s only full service, open-admission animal shelter. SCCAS has two locations where people can find and recover lost pets and adopt new animal companions. These shelters are tangible evidence of Santa Cruz County’s commitment to animal welfare. They are supported by numerous volunteers and foster care f
Boulder Creek CA 95006 | 12.4 miles away
Kitten Cattitude Rescue is a 501c3 non-profit cat & kitten rescue and adoption organization; specializing in neonates and special needs kitties. We are 100% volunteer and supported only by private donations.
Aptos CA 95001 | 12.4 miles away
Founded in 2011, Heading Home Animal Rescue is a 501(c)3 (Federal Tax ID number: 45-1314568) non-profit dedicated to finding good homes for local shelter animals in need. Some of these pets just need help meeting their new family and getting out into the community, while others are too young to be adoptable when they enter the shelter, have medical needs, or are shy. While their needs are varied,
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