Courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/CountyofLosAngelesAnimalCare/ The County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) has received a 2017 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties (NACo). NACo recognized DACC as Best in Category for County Administration and Management...

Officers from the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) will be conducting field licensing enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Elizabeth Lake (zip code 93532) and Lake Hughes (zip code 93532) beginning on Wednesday, February 1, 2017. Field enforcement efforts are...

The County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control is celebrating “Adopt a Senior Pet Month” by reducing adoption fees for senior dogs to $7 at all DACC care centers through the end of November. Senior dogs must be 7 years or older to qualify for the discounted rate. Interested parties...

Right now, 345 horses, 165 goats, 111 chickens, 33 pigs and many other animals including llama, mules, sheep, rabbits, ducks, turkeys, donkeys – even a Brahma bull – are under the watchful care of Los Angeles County staff, volunteers and mutual aid partners. Shelter locations include: The...

Dogs and cats can become startled and disoriented by the sound of fireworks, activating their flight instinct.  Frightened pets often find their way out of yards and into the streets where they become disoriented. Every year, The Department of Animal Care and Control sees a large increase in the number...

On a motion by Mayor Michael D. Antonovich, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved amending Title 10 of the Los Angeles County Code to require the mandatory spaying or neutering and microchipping of cats in unincorporated Los Angeles County. “Focused on reducing the uncontrolled breeding of...

Staff recommendation before the Board of Supervisors Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015:   Approval of the recommended amendments to Title 10 of the Los Angeles County Code, requested by your Board, will require the spaying or neutering of cats, and microchipping of cats, in the unincorporated areas of Los...

Santa Clarita Valley teenager Ryan Orozco will lead a group of volunteers to renovate the visiting area of the Los Angeles County Castaic Animal Shelter this weekend as an Eagle Scout project. It’s the last requirement Ryan needs to secure the rank. Afterward, he’ll undergo an order of review,...

On a motion by Mayor Michael D. Antonovich and Supervisor Hilda Solis, the Board of Supervisors approved a public-private partnership to expand needed spay and neuter services throughout the county. “Access to spay and neuter services is vital to reduce the number of unwanted pets which are abandoned,...

[ASPCA] – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announced a grant totaling nearly $1 million to Los Angeles Animal Services and the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care & Control to facilitate life-saving adoptions of homeless pets in Los Angeles. Part of...