San Francisco Animal Care & Control

The San Francisco Department of Animal Care & Control (SFACC) is a taxpayer-funded, open-admission animal shelter. Since 1989, SFACC has provided housing, care, and medical treatment to wild, exotic and domestic stray, lost, abandoned, sick, injured, and surrendered animals. SFACC’s doors are open to all animals in need regardless of species, medical, or behavioral condition.

The shelter also enforces all state and local Animal Control and Welfare laws and is the first responder for animals in natural disasters and citizen emergencies.
* We shelter homeless, neglected, and abused animals and provide humane education and many other services to the community.
* We are the local agency you call to investigate animal cruelty, to rescue injured wildlife, aid domestic animals in distress.
* SFACC aims to adopt, re-home, or reunite domestic animals with their guardians and to release wildlife to their native habitat.