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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

We'll also keep you updated on Bojji's adoption status with email updates.
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Bojji

French Bulldog/American Pit Bull Terrier

Male, 3 yrs
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Captain Morgan's adoption status with email updates.
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Captain Morgan

Shepherd (Unknown Type)

Male, 5 yrs
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Neil's adoption status with email updates.
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Neil

German Shepherd Dog

Male, 2 yrs
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Leon's adoption status with email updates.
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Leon

American Pit Bull Terrier

Male, 5 yrs
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Tillie's adoption status with email updates.
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Tillie

Parson Russell Terrier

Female, 10 yrs
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Kyle's adoption status with email updates.
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Kyle

Dachshund

Male, 2 yrs
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Monterey's adoption status with email updates.
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Monterey

Great Dane

Female, 9 mos
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Firulais's adoption status with email updates.
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Firulais

Chihuahua

Male, 5 yrs
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

Hair of the Dog - A Bay Area Rescue

1714 Franklin St, 100-304,
Oakland, CA 94612

Good Newz Pittie Pups Rescue

2369 Brooks Ave.,
Richmond, CA 94804

Memories of Besa Rescue, Inc.

1700 Shattuck Ave #215,
Berkeley, CA 94709

We'll also keep you updated on max's adoption status with email updates.
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max

French Bulldog

Male, 5 yrs 6 mos
El Cerrito, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Pedro's adoption status with email updates.
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Pedro

Chinchilla, American

Male, 1 yr
Richmond, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Fern's adoption status with email updates.
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Fern

Chihuahua

Female, 8 yrs 10 mos
Kensington, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Maru's adoption status with email updates.
Special Needs
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Maru

Chinchilla, American

Female, 3 yrs 9 mos
Richmond, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Peanut's adoption status with email updates.
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Peanut

Chihuahua

Female
Berkeley, CA
We'll also keep you updated on Rhiannon's adoption status with email updates.
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Rhiannon

Domestic Mediumhair

Female, 10 yrs 11 mos
Berkeley, CA

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