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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 lifetime home.

To adopt an animal you must:

  • Complete an adoption application.
  • If adopting a dog into a multiple dog house, you must have 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, 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 ($22), rabies ($8), licensing (if a resident of Placer County $11), and spay or neuter fee ($24 - 38 for cats and $38 - 96 for dogs if not already altered).

The $22 Adoption fees for dogs include the cost of the  heartworm test (for dogs over 6 months), first distemper/parvo & bordatella vaccination, deworming, and microchiping. The $22 Adoption fees for cats include the cost of feline aids/leukemia test, and first distemper vaccination, deworming and microchipping.
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