The City of Berkeley’s Animal Care Services (BACS) is a division of the Office of the City Manager. We provide a wide range of services to our cities’ residents and their pets. Our officers provide field services, seven days a week, to the cities of Berkeley and Albany. These services include the enforcement of city ordinances related to animals, removal of killed or injured wildlife, impoundment of stray pets, and investigation of animal-related neglect, cruelty, nuisance and bite cases. At our shelter, we house domestic animals from the cities of Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, and Piedmont. We provide not only a safe haven for these homeless pets, but also adoption services, advice on animal-related topics, lost and found pet reports, and free or low-cost spay/neuter vouchers for Berkeley residents’ dogs and cats.
Come Visit Us!
The shelter is open to the public:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: 10:00 to 4:00
Wednesday: 10:00 to 7:00
Sunday: 11:00 to 3:00.
We are closed on the following City holidays:
New Year's Day,
Martin Luther King Jr. Day,
Lincoln's Birthday,
Washington's Birthday,
Malcom X Day,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Indigenous People's Day (Colulmbus Day),
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day,
Thanksgiving Friday (the day after Thanksgiving), and
Christmas Day.
We are open on New Year's Eve, Christmas Eve, Easter Sunday and all other holidays not listed above. We are also open on the City's Reduced Services Days.
Adoption Fees:
Dogs: $100.00 (including spay/neutering, vaccines & microchip)
Cats: $75.00 (including spay/neutering, vaccines & microchip)
Berkeley Animal Care Services 2013 2nd Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
Phone: (510) 981-6600
