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Rancho Cucamonga Animal Care and Adoption Center

11780 Arrow Route, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730

Contact
Email rcpets@cityofrc.us
Phone (909) 466-7387
cats, birds, dogs, rabbits, reptiles & small animals at Rancho Cucamonga Animal Care and Adoption Center
1 - 10 of 147 adoptable pets at this shelter

Areas Rancho Cucamonga Animal Care and Adoption Center serves

Rancho Cucamonga, California

Rancho Cucamonga Animal Care and Adoption Center's adoption process

1.

Visit the Facility and Find a Pet

2.

Submit Application

3.

Meet the Pet

4.

Sign Adoption Contract

5.

Take the Pet Home

Additional adoption info

To adopt, visit our Adoption Center and complete a Meet Your Match Form. Adoptions are completed in a "first come, first approved" basis.


We can’t place a hold on a pet or take your application by phone or online, however if you see a pet you are interested in, please feel free to call (909) 466-7387 for more information.

Adoption application

About Rancho Cucamonga Animal Care and Adoption Center

The Animal Care and Services Department is responsible for the health, welfare and safety of the four legged and two legged citizens of the City of Rancho Cucamonga. Our goal is to build a community in which every adoptable pet finds a home.

The City of Rancho Cucamonga Animal Care & Adoption Center offers the following services:

Pets for adoption
Pet care information
Microchipping (tiny identification tags placed under the skin)
Spay/neuter information and low cost spay/neuter vouchers
Dog licensing
Volunteer opportunities

As well as Field Services:
Vicious animals immediately threatening the health and safety of others
Seriously or sick injured animals
Abandoned animals
Non–vicious animals posing a hazard to themselves or others (eg. Dogs wandering in traffic, on school grounds, loose farm animals)
Animal cruelty or neglect investigations
Assistance to police and fire district personnel
Confined strays
Nuisance complaints
Pick up stray deceased animals (public and/or private property

Rancho Cucamonga Animal Care and Adoption Center's adopted pets

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Support adoption and rescue. Why go to a dog breeder, cat breeder or pet store to buy a dog or buy a cat when you can adopt?

Why should you adopt?

Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life.

What is the difference between adopting a dog, adopting a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder?

When someone is breeding puppies or breeding kittens, they are creating new dogs and cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of dog, cat, puppy or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a dog for sale or buy a cat for sale from a puppy breeder or a kitten breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with dogs and cats who must find homes.

So rather than buying a dog or puppy for sale from a dog breeder or buying a cat or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a dog, adopt a cat, adopt a puppy or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.