Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter

Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter SCCAS is an open admission animal shelter. This means that we will not turn away any animal. Visit our website www.scanimalshelter.org for further information.
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The following are community services that are offered through our Animal Shelter:
Adoption
Lost and Found
Receiving of stray and owner surrendered animals
Dog Licensing
Cat trap rental
Education
The following are community services that are offered through our Animal Control Office:
Animal rescue
Pick up of stray or owned animals
Response to animal bites and rabies control
Dog licensing


Response to community complaints about nuisance animals (noise, running loose, etc.) Cruelty investigation

There are two locations 2200 7th Ave Santa Cruz, Ca and 508 Airport Way Watsonville, CA. Our current hours are also listed there.

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter has taken in a LOT of stray dogs in the last several days! Our kennels are full, an...
11/26/2024

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter has taken in a LOT of stray dogs in the last several days! Our kennels are full, and we’d be extra THANKFUL if you’d share this post to help get these pets back to their families before the holiday!! If you know any of these dogs, please call or come in ASAP!

Our Pet of the Week is our friend Ginger ( ). She is a 1 year, 6 month old Malinois mix (Malinois is just a guess!) and ...
11/25/2024

Our Pet of the Week is our friend Ginger ( ). She is a 1 year, 6 month old Malinois mix (Malinois is just a guess!) and is a medium size- about 55 pounds. Ginger has been at our Shelter since May and had lots of pup friends at the shelter, but still needed the benefits of a home. She went to a foster home with a couple and an XL dog foster brother and is thriving! Ginger LOVES fetch, going for hikes and playing with her dog foster brother. Enjoys a nice sunbathing session in the backyard. While Ginger has a lot of energy she does know “sit” and “down”, is house trained and crate trained and is super smart! She does love to chase and is not recommended for a house with cats.

Ginger’s foster parent says: ”Ginger is a happy, spirited girl who’s ready to find her forever home! With lots of love to give, she’s full of personality and charm, making her the perfect companion for an active family.”

Ginger is the sweetest pup just looking for her forever home- and we would love to find that before the end of the year. Are you looking for a fun and happy pup to brighten up your home- look no further- Ginger is the girl for you!

Adoption fee includes vaccinations, deworming, flea preventative, microchipping, licensing (dogs), and spay/neuter surgeries.

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is open from 11am to 6pm every day and located at 1001 Rodriguez Street at the corner of 7th Avenue in Santa Cruz. Our telephone number is 831-454-7200. Visit our website at scanimalshelter.org or click on link in Bio.

Thank you for your support! The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is an open admission—or open door—animal shelter. This means that we will not turn away any animal that comes to our doors.

11/25/2024
Meet Dora! She is a volunteer favorite💕 So loving and playful.-7 month old spayed female-Has lived with other cats succe...
11/25/2024

Meet Dora! She is a volunteer favorite💕 So loving and playful.

-7 month old spayed female
-Has lived with other cats successfully
-Outgoing and playful
-Vision impaired due to a severe upper respiratory infection as a young kitten that caused permanent changes to her eyes
-History of using litterbox reliably in the home
-Required to live in a home as an indoor only cat due to vision impairment

Please note: Our Santa Cruz location’s Shelter hours are 11-6pm, 7 days a week! Although clients can walk through and see any animals in their kennels during open hours, we end “meet and greets” (aka meeting an animal out of the kennel) at 4:30pm every day. If you’d like to meet an animal out of the kennel, please arrive before 4:00pm to allow for time to discuss individual animals and meet them.

Adoption fee includes vaccinations, deworming, flea preventative, microchipping, licensing (dogs), and spay/neuter surgeries.

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is open from 11am to 6pm every day and located at 1001 Rodriguez Street at the corner of 7th Avenue in Santa Cruz. Our telephone number is 831-454-7200. Visit our website at scanimalshelter.org or click on link in Bio.

Thank you for your support! The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is an open admission—or open door—animal shelter. This means that we will not turn away any animal that comes to our doors.

11/23/2024

It's not often that Animal Balance teams get to see the immediate impact of the work they are doing. More often than not, we hear an anecdotal story about a pet who needed to be spayed or neutered so their guardian could find housing or something similar, which is lovely but not the same as meeting the dog you helped save... Last weekend in Santa Cruz, we actually got to meet the dog we helped save!

Meet Luna. Luna is a 5 year old retired show dog. Her new family adopted her when she retired and wanted to have her spayed asap. Like many unspayed female dogs (up to 25% under the age of 10), Luna developed an infection in her uterus called a pyometra. This infection is deadly if not treated, but thankfully treatment is as simple as being spayed. Unfortunately, Luna's family was quoted over $3,000 at their regular vet due to the surgery being more complicated than a normal spay.

Sadly this was more money than Luna's family could afford, so they thought they had no other choice but to surrender her to the shelter. Luckily for them, Animal Balance was coming to town that weekend. The shelter staff reached out to us to see if we could help. Animal Balance has some of the most talented spay/neuter vets in the world on our team and they were happy to help Miss Luna stay with her family by performing the pyometra surgery in our clinic. Luna did great in surgery!!This is a photo of her heading home with her Mom, who was so happy to be able to keep her in the family!

Big thanks to our partners at Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter for helping Luna's family get the care she needed to stay in her home!

11/22/2024

📣SALE - we have some awesome SCCAS swag including hoodies, totes, and hats available at great prices. Come in and get yours today.

Please ask about our 2025 Calendars which has some adorable pets on sale for $20!

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is open from 11am to 6pm every day and located at 1001 Rodriguez Street at the corner of 7th Avenue in Santa Cruz.

This is fantastic!
11/22/2024

This is fantastic!

🚨ALERT !!!!!
Who's ready to get their German Shepherd or German Shepherd mix fixed for $25!?🐶

These clinics are open to all and are located in our Prunedale location❤️🚌

Text or call ☎️ 925-967-1001

Thank you .us and

11/20/2024

Today our partners at the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Foundation launched the campaign to raise funds for the Planned Pethood program. They are 1 of 63 local nonprofits selected to participate.

Santa Cruz Gives is a community-wide fundraising initiative that runs through the end of 2024 in support of various nonprofits in the County! Combined with a print campaign in Good Times weekly, Santa Cruz Gives also has a website for online giving if you would like to support the Foundation there. In particular, we are trying to get the extra $1,000 prize for most donors at $5 (or more) so please spread the word to your family and friends. Folks can make as many gifts as they like as many times as they like, and again, donations just need to be at least $5!

For more information please click link below:

https://santacruzgives.org/nonprofit/scanimalshelterfoundation/

A Celebration is in order for a huge win for Rocky this past Sunday🎉🥳🐶 After being at our shelter for over six months, h...
11/20/2024

A Celebration is in order for a huge win for Rocky this past Sunday🎉🥳🐶 After being at our shelter for over six months, he was adopted! Yay!

Check out the photo of him with his new family and one of Rocky sleeping in his new home.

A huge thank you to staff and volunteers who kept rooting for Rocky. We hope to get updates to share since he has so many fans.

Come find your new family member at SCCAS. Adoption fee includes vaccinations, deworming, flea preventative, microchipping, licensing (dogs), and spay/neuter surgeries.

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is open from 11am to 6pm every day and located at 1001 Rodriguez Street at the corner of 7th Avenue in Santa Cruz. Our telephone number is 831-454-7200. Visit our website at scanimalshelter.org or click on link in Bio.

Thank you for your support! The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is an open admission—or open door—animal shelter. This means that we will not turn away any animal that comes to our doors.

A big THANKS to everyone for all the donations that came into SCCAS over the last month. You have outdone yourselves and...
11/19/2024

A big THANKS to everyone for all the donations that came into SCCAS over the last month. You have outdone yourselves and we are now stocked to the brim.

We are pausing the acceptance of donations of used items for now. Stayed tuned for any changes and updates.

The sheets and towels donated were INVALUABLE for our big spay/neuter clinic over the weekend!!

Mustard and Onion, a pair of kittens, were adopted and went home with their new family yesterday. Woohoo! The kids were ...
11/19/2024

Mustard and Onion, a pair of kittens, were adopted and went home with their new family yesterday. Woohoo! The kids were so excited. We wish them the best as they grown up together.

Come find your new BFF or two at the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.

Adoption fee includes vaccinations, deworming, flea preventative, microchipping, licensing (dogs), and spay/neuter surgeries.

The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is open from 11am to 6pm every day and located at 1001 Rodriguez Street at the corner of 7th Avenue in Santa Cruz. Our telephone number is 831-454-7200. Visit our website at scanimalshelter.org or click on link in Bio for more information.

Thank you for your support! The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is an open admission—or open door—animal shelter. This means that we will not turn away any animal that comes to our doors.

We will be participating in “Empty the Shelters” campaign next month. Stay tuned for more details. Cathy Bissell BISSELL...
11/19/2024

We will be participating in “Empty the Shelters” campaign next month. Stay tuned for more details. Cathy Bissell BISSELL Pet Foundation

'Tis the season to save a life! 💚❤️

BISSELL Pet Foundation's Empty the Shelters™ is back from Dec. 1 - 17 at 390+ shelters in 45 states! Adopt a vaccinated, microchipped and spayed/neutered pet for just $50 or less. Join us as we help every shelter pet find a loving home in time for the holidays.

Get ready to adopt by viewing participating shelters: https://www.bissellpetfoundation.org/programs/empty-the-shelters/

Skilled, specially-trained surgeons and technicians use streamlined techniques to allow high numbers of animals to be sp...
11/18/2024

Skilled, specially-trained surgeons and technicians use streamlined techniques to allow high numbers of animals to be spayed or neutered in a short time. This weekend Animal Balance teamed up with Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter and the shelter’s Foundation to “fix” 200 owned dogs and cats at low cost. These sterilizations will prevent thousands of unplanned births in coming years to help curb pet over population in our County!

If you would like to make a donation to one of our programs, please click link below to our website - https://www.scanimalshelter.org/donate/ 🙏♥️

It is   and we want to introduce Little Miss! Isn’t she a beauty?!!Little Miss came in as a stray and came up for adopti...
11/16/2024

It is and we want to introduce Little Miss! Isn’t she a beauty?!!

Little Miss came in as a stray and came up for adoption after nobody came forward to claim her. Help us find a good home for this frosted face spunky girl.

-8 year old female chihuahua mix
-Weighs 14 #
-No history from his previous home as he came in as a stray
-In a foster home with a couple and their resident medium sized male dog
-Social, bubbly gal who loves to solicit attention from people
-Would thrive in a home as the only dog (as she doesn’t love to share her space/things) but could have dog friends out in the world
-No history with children or cats
-Our vet has noted that this pup has amazing teeth for her age!

Her foster parent Kara says: “She also loves walks and does great on leash, well in the car and is house trained.”

Please note: Our Santa Cruz location’s Shelter hours are 11-6pm, 7 days a week! Although clients can walk through and see any animals in their kennels during open hours, we end “meet and greets” (aka meeting an animal out of the kennel) at 4:30pm every day. If you’d like to meet an animal out of the kennel, please arrive before 4:00pm to allow for time to discuss individual animals and meet them.

Visit our website at scanimalshelter.org for more information.

Address

1001 Rodriguez Street
Santa Cruz, CA
95062

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 6pm

Telephone

+18314547200

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