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Animal Services
    • About us
    • Statistics
    • Adopt a pet
    • Working cat program
    • Lost a pet?
    • Found kittens?
    • Other resources for lost pets
    • Field services
    • Animal care and control ordinances
    • Public record request
    • License your pet
    • Spay and neuter program
    • Free-roaming cats
    • Pet rehoming
    • Donate
    • Foster a pet
    • Volunteer
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Our mission is to offer shelter and care for homeless domestic and farm animals, reunite lost pets with their families, facilitate pet adoption, and investigate complaints of animal cruelty and neglect in the community to improve the lives of people and animals in the County. We provide all services to the unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County and sheltering services to the cities of Morgan Hill, Gilroy and Sunnyvale. Please join us in our lifesaving mission!  

 

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Report animal issues

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Pick up stray, injured, sick, roaming animals, investigate bites, complaints.

Lost a pet?

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Search for lost and found pets.

Adopt a pet

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Give a pet a second chance to live in a loving and caring home. Our adoption fees save new pet owners money.

License your pet

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San Martin Animal Services provides dog and cat licenses to residents of the unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County.

Spay and neuter

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Information about Spay and Neuter program.

Foster care

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Sign up to foster a dog from the animal shelter, take a dog on a field trip or foster kittens.

Rehoming your pet

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Find advice and tips on rehoming, finding a new home for your pet.

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