A new West Valley Maricopa County Animal Care and Control shelter is in the works. In the fiscal year 2026 tentative budget, $10 million was allocated for a new shelter location.

West Valley sees a rise in dog abandonment, with shelters reporting more strays and community concerns over animal welfare.

In the middle of the Arizona desert, residents say stray dogs are being dumped more frequently than before, with no food, no water, and no help.

The San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus will remain open until midnight on Saturday as Riverside County animal services officials urgently seek adopters and foster families. It comes amid a critical ...

Riverside County is waiving adoption fees at all its shelters. The waived fees include spay or neuter surgery, microchipping, ...

Some shelters in the Central Valley are partaking in California’s Adopt-A-Pet Day, which means people can get their new best ...

But neighbors have concerns about the proposed $12 million facility. The nonprofit Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter wants to build a new shelter and veterinary clinic on five acres in the ...

Riverside County’s animal shelters are operating beyond capacity, “with zero empty kennels,” prompting officials Thursday to ...

Riverside County has committed to making all of its animal shelters no-kill, following a unanimous vote by the Board of Supervisors this week. The resolution, co-authored by Supervisors V. Manuel ...

Riverside County Department of Animal Services has put out an urgent call to action to get animals out of the shelters. Currently, the county's four shelters are at critical overflow reaching 220% ...

The county, which houses 35,000 pets per year, will start hiring dozens of positions to support the goal of a no-kill shelter ...

An unexpected DNA test ended up leading a longtime shelter dog to his forever home ... Dawn Brosious is Director of Development at The Center for Animal Health & Welfare in the Easton area.