pet adoption

Before you take the plunge into pet parenthood, consider these essential tips to ensure you’re ready.

Join us on August 24th for a day packed with excitement and furry friends that the whole family can enjoy at the County of Santa Clara Animal Services. The event will include: FREE Cat & Dog Adoptions meaning waived adoption fees! You can also expect all animals to be vaccinated, sterilized and microchipped! Music Food provided by vendors A...

Join us on Saturday, September 7th for Berkeley Humane’s biggest annual adopt-a-thon and family-friendly street fair! At the FREE to attend event you can expect: Hundreds of adoptable animals from shelters and rescues throughout the Bay Area! Live Music Vendors providing food, beer and pet related goods A Photobooth to capture memories with your future fur-ever friend! A Plinko Board Game with the...

Join us on Sunday, Aug. 18, for a day packed with excitement and furry friends for the Clear the Shelters Pet Adoption Day at the Oakland Zoo! Adopt Pets with Oakland Animal Services, Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter, and East Bay SPCA (Each animal shelter has different requirements to adopt a pet including a valid form of identification, form of...

Join us on Saturday, Aug. 17, for a day packed with excitement and furry friends. For San Francisco SPCA’s Clear the Shelters Community Adoption event you can expect: FREE Cat & Dog Adoptions for all animals 5 months and older! (Meaning ZERO adoption fees!)  A Photobooth to capture memories with your future fur-ever friend! A Plinko Board Game with the...

There was a big turnout by Bay Area animal lovers at the first-ever “Super Pets Day” event in Menlo Park on Sunday.

There was a big turnout by Bay Area animal lovers at the first-ever “Super Pets Day” event in Menlo Park on Sunday.

The Helen Woodward Animal Center invites its four-footed alums to gussy up and give back at this annual springtime “paw”-ty.

Having a pet is one of life’s greatest gifts, and Best Friend’s Animal Society is on a mission to promote animal adoption across the country by teaming up with Mark Wahlberg and his new film “Arthur the King.”

Ziggy, a 9-year-old black and white boxer mix, was adopted from the Miami-Dade Pet Adoption and Protection Center.

For busy pup parents, dog day care can be a life-saver.

Finding the ideal dog is less about size, and more about personality and lifestyle.

For our furry companions, meals are so much more than food. Learn how consistent, science-led nutrition helps support successful pet parenting, adoption, and bonding.

Animal communicator Alexandra Fleder explains her work as a “pet psychic” and discusses the common misconceptions regarding her work with animals.

Many houseplants are toxic to animals, and some can have lethal consequences if your dog or cat consumes them. Here are some plant species to steer clear from.

Animal communicator and author Lydia Hiby gives potential dog adopters tips on what to consider before entering the shelter.

Oakland Animal Services Shelter is beyond capacity and asking for urgent adoptions. If no suitable placement is found, pets are scheduled to be euthanized as early as Tuesday, June 27. If you are a 501(c)(3) rescue organization who can commit to taking any of these dogs into your program, please reach out to oastransfers@oaklandca.gov. If you are interested in adopting,...

Animal shelters across the Bay Area are bursting at the seams. Some are so overcrowded, they’re offering dogs for free. And on top of that, it’s kitten season.