Adoption and Lost Pets

Click here to search for lost and adoptable pets at the Auburn & Tahoe Vista Animal Shelters.
Placer County Animal Services cares for thousands of animals each year. Most are wonderful animals who are waiting to be adopted into a loving, caring and life time home.

If you have lost a pet:

1.  It is important that you continue to go to your local animal shelters at least every other day. 
     · Fill out a lost report at the shelter,
     · Post a lost flyer at the shelter, and 
     · Check the “Found Book”, “Injured Report”, and the “DOA Report” at the shelter.
2.  Contact the Veterinarians in the area you lost your pet to see if your pet is there.
3.  Check the Placer County Web site http://www.placer.ca.gov/animal and click the link to view lost and adoptable pets, or check in “Lost a Pet” on www.petharbor.com daily. PCAS posts
      all incoming stray animals at this site. Put in your zip code and select “Placer County Animal Shelter, Auburn” if you live in the Auburn area. Select “Placer County Animal Shelter, Tahoe
      Vista” for the Tahoe area.
4.  Post flyers with your pet’s picture where you think your pet was lost.
5.  Ask your neighbors or go door-to-door where your pet was lost.
6.  Post your lost pet on Craigslist.org, Petfinder.org, and Petharbor.com.
7.  Check with surrounding shelters to see if your pet was taken to a near-by shelter.
8.  Place an ad in the LOST section of your local paper and note where you lost your pet. 
     · Sacramento Bee: 916-321-1234
     · Gold Country Media: 530-885-5656

To adopt an animal you must:

• Complete an adoption application. Click Here for Adoption Application
• If adopting a dog into a multiple dog house, you must have a "meet and greet" with all dogs.
• Be at least 18 years old with a picture identification.
• Provide proper food, water, exercise, shelter, vaccinations, medical care, grooming, identification, lifelong care, and affection for your new pet.
• If you rent or lease, you must have permission for a pet from the owner or manager of your rental unit.
• All animals must be altered prior to leaving the shelter.
• Pay adoption fee; dogs are $112 and cats are $92.

The Adoption fees for dogs include the cost of the heartworm test (for dogs over 6 months), first heartworm preventative pill, frontline, first distemper/parvo & bordatella vaccination, rabies if over 4 months, deworming, and microchipping. The Adoption fees for cats include the cost of feline aids/leukemia test, and first distemper vaccination, deworming, rabies if over 4 months, and microchipping.


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If you did not find the animal you were looking for, try www.petfinder.com to view animals at local rescue groups.