The Santa Cruz SPCA provides safe harbor for animals in need and promotes an active humane community through adoption, advocacy, and education.
Explore the possibilities and complete the adoption profile. Check out the adoptable dogs and adoptable cats on our website. Any animal listed on our website is currently available! Be sure to read their profiles for additional information about their personalities and temperaments. Then fill out an online Adoption Profile complete with matchmaking questions to give us an idea of what type of dog or cat you’re looking for. Get matched! Our adoptions staff will then review your profile and carefully consider potential matches given the information you provided. If one (or more) animals are identified as a potential match, we’ll reach out to set up a virtual matchmaking session (via phone or Zoom) to help you learn more about the pet(s) that may be suitable for you! *Please note, that we have had a tremendous amount of adoption interest, more than we have animals to satisfy (great problem to have!). Because of this, we will only be arranging matchmaking sessions if we feel we have a potential match(es) in our care. Meet and Greet. A meet and greet will be arranged once you’ve completed your virtual matchmaking session and have narrowed it down to one pet. This meet and greet will give you a chance to say hello to the pet - in person! All meet and greets will occur at the shelter (unless otherwise specified) and will be coordinated with social distancing measures in place. Please note, we are not offering meet and greets for cats at this time, and will instead arrange for a quick and easy contact free hand-off. Foster to Adopt. A foster-to-adopt will be initiated for all adult animals (*puppies and kittens are not eligible for this trial and a final adoption will occur instead) if all goes well during the meet and greet! This is to ensure the best fit possible. Because we need to limit many of our normal adoption procedures that we deem important, this period allows for those procedures to happen – just in your own home! (all household members meeting the animal, other dogs in home meeting the animal). Make it Final! Your adoption will be finalized remotely if the foster-to-adopt results in a “YES, this is the animal for me!”
Santa Cruz CA 95062 | 0.6 mile 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
Santa Cruz CA 95063 | 1.8 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.
Aptos CA | 4.4 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.
Scotts Valley CA 95067 | 4.7 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 | 4.7 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.
Ben Lomond CA | 9.2 miles away
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Watsonville CA 95076 | 11 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
Santa Cruz CA 95061 | 11.2 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
Boulder Creek CA 95006 | 12.5 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 | 12.5 miles away
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