The Dreams Come True Fund makes dreams come true by providing the required funds for special medical procedures and needs for pets at the Department of Animal Care and Control.

Fennec’s Dreams Came True (click here to read Fennec’s Story)

To help save so many lives and make it possible for dreams to come true for a pet like Fennec, please make a donation today by mailing your contribution to The Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation at P.O. Box 265, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 or on this website and specify the “Dreams Come True Fund” in your contribution. Your donation will help ensure these wonderful animals receive the treatment necessary to recover and live happy lives in the loving homes they deserve.

The Noah’s Legacy Fund was established to provide for the needs of pets that are left behind or otherwise separated from their human families in major disasters and to support the Department’s emergency-response efforts that are so critical to the communities we serve as we continue to respond to the wildfires, flooding, and earthquakes that can occur here.

Please help support some of the newest residents in our care and provide funding for future disaster response efforts!

Panda’s Story (click here to read Panda’s Story)

Your support will help provide the food, shelter and medical care, and spay & neuter surgery for our current Katrina residents and for future feline, canine, equine and all other pet residents who require shelter and care as a result of a disaster. Your support will also help us reunite these pets with the families that are searching for them and to provide this service in the future when needed.

Please consider making a special donation today to the Noah’s Legacy Fund by mailing your contribution to The Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation at P.O. Box 265, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 on this web site - just click on “Donate” and specify the Noah’s Legacy Fund in your contribution.

Through the SAVE (Spay, Adopt, Vaccinate, Educate) Program, the Foundation subsidizes spay/neuter costs for the adoption of animals that have been at the shelter a little longer or those with special needs.  Since it's inception, the SAVE program has increased adoptions by 30% and placed many more animals into new, loving homes.

One of the main goals for the Foundation is to increase the adoptions of shelter animals, so the Foundation proudly offers its SAVE program to make the adoption of a shelter animal more affordable. SAVE pays for the cost of the spay/neuter surgery, so new adopters only have to pay $37 for dog adoptions and $32 for cat adoptions. We know every little bit helps when assuming financial responsibility for a new pet, and are happy to support our caring adopters in this effort. SAVE is funded solely through donations by our generous contributors.

The Foundation is happiest to provide programs that have a direct impact on the animals that come through the Los Angeles County shelters. The Foundation not only wants to help contribute to the comfort of the animals, it seeks to increase adoptions through innovative programs such as Grooming Gives Hope.

The Grooming Gives Hope program provides funding to help dogs that require professional grooming receive the grooming that they need. Not only does it increase the comfort of animals who may be badly in need of grooming, but the grooming makes the dog more visually appealing, therefore increasing its adoptability. As of July 2009, over 225 dogs have been groomed thanks to the Grooming Gives Hope program, with their hope for a new home realized.

Click here to see some "before and after" pictures of just a few of the dogs that have participated in the Grooming Gives Hope program.